Understanding and overcoming phobias, with Martin Antony, PhD

Speaking of Psychology

Kim Mills

Health & Fitness, Life Sciences, Science, Mental Health

4.3 • 781 Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Specific phobias – such as fear of heights, needles, flying or spiders – affect up to 13 percent of people at some point in their lives. Clinical psychologist Dr. Martin Antony, PhD, of Toronto Metropolitan University, talks about the difference between a fear and a phobia, where phobias come from, what the most common phobias are, and the effective therapies and strategies that can help people overcome them. Links Martin Antony, PhD Speaking of Psychology Home Page Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.6	Are you afraid of heights?
0:32.6	Do you hyperventilate at the thought of a flu shot?
0:36.6	Do you go out of your way to avoid elevators and other small enclosed spaces?
0:41.3	Have you driven across the country because you're too frightened to fly?
0:45.3	Or avoided a particular driving route because you're terrified of bridges?
0:49.3	All of these are examples of what psychologists call specific phobias, which constitute one of the most common forms of anxiety disorder.
0:59.8	Studies have found that anywhere from 9% to 13% of people experience a specific phobia at some point in their lives.
1:08.0	And unfortunately, although effective treatments are available, far fewer people receive
1:13.4	treatment than could benefit from it. So what are phobias and how do they differ from fears?
1:19.5	What are some of the most common phobias and how common are they? Where do phobias come from? Are you
1:25.9	born with them or are they learned? What treatments are available for phobias come from? Are you born with them? Or are they learned?
1:28.7	What treatments are available for phobias and how well do they work?
1:32.6	Welcome to Speaking of Psychology, the flagship podcast of the American Psychological Association
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