Blood-injury-illness phobia is selectively associated with a vasovagal fainting response upon exposure to phobic stimuli, suggesting it warrants a diagnostic category separate from simple phobia.
Blood-injury-illness phobia is associated with a unique vasovagal fainting response, suggesting it should be classified as a distinct diagnostic entity separate from simple phobias.
The empirical literature that pertains to phobias of blood, injury, or illness (BII) is surveyed. BII phobia is selectively associated with a vasovagal fainting response upon exposure to phobic stimuli, and the clinical entity may represent an exaggeration of a response that is relatively prevalent in the general population. Clinical, demographic and etiological information obtained from a series of 15 BII phobics is presented, and the suggestion is made that this disorder warrants a diagnostic category separate from simple phobia.
Thyer et al. (Mon,) conducted a review in Blood-injury-illness (BII) phobia (n=15). Blood-injury-illness phobia was evaluated on Vasovagal fainting response. Blood-injury-illness phobia is selectively associated with a vasovagal fainting response upon exposure to phobic stimuli, suggesting it warrants a diagnostic category separate from simple phobia.