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What specifier would you use for the following phobia:Katsaridaphobia (hint:Phobia list)
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300.29 (F40.218) Animals
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300.29 (F40.228) Natural environment
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300.29 (F40.23x) Blood-injection-injury
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300.29 (F40.248) Situational
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In short, Katsaridaphobia is the fear of roaches. When a person has this phobia, s/he will do anything to avoid the roach from entering his or her home.
Detailed explanation-2: -Gradual desensitization or exposure therapy is one of the most common methods of overcoming zoophobias like Katsaridaphobia. This includes looking at pictures of cockroaches, touching a dead cockroach and gradually progressing to being in the same room as the cockroaches without experiencing a panic attack.
Detailed explanation-3: -From Modern Greek (katsarída, “cockroach”) +-phobia.
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