Nosocomephobia is the excessive fear of hospitals, from the Greek nosokomeion, hospital, and phobos, fear. Physician Marc Siegel of New York University Medical Center has said the fear is understandable because a hospital stay takes away a person's control over their own life, and former United States President Richard Nixon allegedly had an irrational fear of hospitals, reportedly refusing treatment for a blood clot in 1974 by saying that if he went into the hospital he would never come out alive.
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Type of Phenomenon Diagnostic ChapterAnxiety or Fear-Related Disorders 2 Everyday Context Connections
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Source Nosocomephobia (Wikipedia)
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1. Nosocomephobia (Wikipedia)
- Wikipedia Nosocomephobia lead paragraph (w-bbfill-psych-diag-0926, keyword classification against phenomenon-kind enum definitions, hand-checked)
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Marc Siegel, a physician and clinical professor at New York University Medical Center says, "It's perfectly understandable why many people feel the way they do about a hospital stay," and continues, "You have control of your life ...
In Branch: Abnormal Psychology, Lead section
Nosocomephobia is defined as the excessive fear of hospitals.
View the Source2. ICD-11 Browser (WHO)
World Health Organization- Diagnostic Chapter: Anxiety or Fear-Related Disorders
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