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Phobias in India and the United Kingdom
Author(s) -
Chambers J.,
Yeragani V. K.,
Keshavan M. S.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1986.tb06259.x
Subject(s) - phobias , agoraphobia , psychiatry , psychology , phobic disorder , medicine , demography , clinical psychology , anxiety disorder , anxiety , sociology
Thirty‐nine phobic patients from India were compared with 39 similarly diagnosed age and sex matched patients from the United Kingdom. The British sample contained significantly more patients with agoraphobia and social phobia compared to the Indian group. Sudden death and illness phobias were more frequent in the Indian group. The Indian phobic patients also had more somatic and depressive symptoms. The influence of culture on the presentation of different phobias is discussed.