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Table 17 Specific phobia specifiers in DSM-5

From: Canadian clinical practice guidelines for the management of anxiety, posttraumatic stress and obsessive-compulsive disorders

Specifier

Examples

Animal

Spiders, insects, dogs

Natural environment

Heights, storms, water

Blood-injection-injury

Needles, invasive medical procedures

Situational

Airplanes, elevators, enclosed spaces

Other

Choking or vomiting. In children, loud sounds or costumed characters

  1. Adapted from DSM-5 [26].
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BMC Psychiatry

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