phobic neurosis

Noun
  1. is a type of: anxiety disorder - a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom
    subtypes:
    • agoraphobia - a morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of being caught alone in some public place)
    • simple phobia - any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with relatively simple well-defined stimuli
    • social phobia - any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with situations in which you are subject to criticism by others (as fear of eating in public or public speaking etc)
    same as: phobia, phobic disorder

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