Is dental phobia a blood-injection-injury phobia?

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1026-1034

  Van Houtem, C M H H ^a   Aartman, I H A ^a   Boomsma, D I ^b   Ligthart, L ^b   Visscher, C M ^a   De Jongh, A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

blood injection injury phobia; dental phobia; DSM; specific phobias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DENTAL PHOBIA; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DIZZINESS; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOBIA; AGED; BLOOD; DENTAL ANXIETY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEAR; INJECTION; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TWINS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNCOPE; TWINS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84904485180     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.22168     Document Type: Article

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