Hodophobia | |
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Other names | Fear of travel |
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Specialty | Psychiatry |
Symptoms | intense, persistent anxiety with thoughts of travel and/or during travels [1] |
Duration | persistent, typically lasting for 6 months or more [1] |
Differential diagnosis | Separation anxiety, Posttraumatic stress disorder, Major depressive disorder [1] |
Treatment | Exposure Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy [1] |
Hodophobia is an irrational fear, or phobia, of travel. [2] [3]
Hodophobia should not be confused with travel aversion. [4] [5]
Acute anxiety provoked by travel can be treated with anti-anxiety medication. [6] [7] The condition can be treated with exposure therapy, which works better when combined with cognitive behavioral therapy. [6] [7]
People with fear of traveling experience intense, persistent fear or anxiety when they think about traveling and/or during travel. [8] [9] They will avoid travel if they can, and the fear, anxiety, and avoidance cause significant distress and impair their ability to function. [8] [9]
The causes of hodophobia and the mechanisms by which it is maintained are often complex, as with many phobias. [8] [10]
The diagnosis is clinical. [8] It is often difficult to determine if the specific phobia of hodophobia should be the primary diagnosis, or if it is a symptom of a generalized anxiety disorder or another anxiety disorder. [8] [11]
Hodophobia is a specific phobia as classified in the DSM-5. [12]
Acute anxiety caused by travel can be treated with anti-anxiety medication. [6] [7] The condition can also be treated with exposure therapy which works better when combined with cognitive behavioral therapy. [6] [7] [13] Relaxation techniques and education can also be helpful in combination with other approaches. [9] [13] [14]
Sigmund Freud, the famous neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, confessed in a number of letters that he suffered from fear of travel. [15] He used the term "Reiseangst" for it, which means "travel anxiety" or "fear of travel" in the German language. [16] However Freud's anxiety was not a "true" phobia. [16]
Other travel-related disorders include:
Hodophobia | |
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Other names | Fear of travel |
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Specialty | Psychiatry |
Symptoms | intense, persistent anxiety with thoughts of travel and/or during travels [1] |
Duration | persistent, typically lasting for 6 months or more [1] |
Differential diagnosis | Separation anxiety, Posttraumatic stress disorder, Major depressive disorder [1] |
Treatment | Exposure Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy [1] |
Hodophobia is an irrational fear, or phobia, of travel. [2] [3]
Hodophobia should not be confused with travel aversion. [4] [5]
Acute anxiety provoked by travel can be treated with anti-anxiety medication. [6] [7] The condition can be treated with exposure therapy, which works better when combined with cognitive behavioral therapy. [6] [7]
People with fear of traveling experience intense, persistent fear or anxiety when they think about traveling and/or during travel. [8] [9] They will avoid travel if they can, and the fear, anxiety, and avoidance cause significant distress and impair their ability to function. [8] [9]
The causes of hodophobia and the mechanisms by which it is maintained are often complex, as with many phobias. [8] [10]
The diagnosis is clinical. [8] It is often difficult to determine if the specific phobia of hodophobia should be the primary diagnosis, or if it is a symptom of a generalized anxiety disorder or another anxiety disorder. [8] [11]
Hodophobia is a specific phobia as classified in the DSM-5. [12]
Acute anxiety caused by travel can be treated with anti-anxiety medication. [6] [7] The condition can also be treated with exposure therapy which works better when combined with cognitive behavioral therapy. [6] [7] [13] Relaxation techniques and education can also be helpful in combination with other approaches. [9] [13] [14]
Sigmund Freud, the famous neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, confessed in a number of letters that he suffered from fear of travel. [15] He used the term "Reiseangst" for it, which means "travel anxiety" or "fear of travel" in the German language. [16] However Freud's anxiety was not a "true" phobia. [16]
Other travel-related disorders include: