Talk:Specific phobia

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[edit] Clean-up suggested

Perhaps this is a good time to read up on the reference books. I believe NIMH has some materials on specific phobia. --MegaHasher 17:47, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] original research tag

the section on evolution has only one reference and it doesn't even back up the veracity of the major claims made. I'm adding the original research template.

[edit] Word swap?

I think you meant "Treatment for Specific Phobia", not "Social".

CarlFink 20:07, 28 September 2006 (UTC)


Re: Word swap?

Agreed -- this section seems to be incorrectly combining references to "socal phobia" and "specific phobia." All references should probably be changed to "specific phobia." I was going to edit it, but I am hesitant to do so, as the original author cites a text. Note that many treatments/interventions for specific phobias can indeed be used for social phobia as well. However, fears of objects (like snakes) have nothing to do with social phobia.

In addition, the suggestion in the section that a client in treatment for snake phobia will eventually "put the snake around the his/her neck and watch TV" sounds quite strange. :) Further, references to "physicians" conducting exposure therapy discounts the fact that many psychotherapists who conduct exposure therapy with clients are not physicians. 4.227.247.71 07:33, 16 November 2006 (UTC)


On second thought, I am going to go ahead and make these edits. 4.227.247.71 07:37, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Just a question

I know Wikipedia talk pages aren't for this kind of question, but can somebody explain the word choice in the excerpt from the psychology textbook: why does it say "client" and not "patient"?