By Dr Vasilios SilivistrisPhobias (from the Greek fovos, meaning fear) are intense, irrational fears of objects or situations that pose little real danger. Unlike ordinary anxiety, phobias are ...

Arash Javanbakht was on the back of a mule at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon when he remembered he is terrified of heights. “I could see my death at the bottom,” said Javanbakht, a psychiatrist and ...

Phobia is the Greek word for fear which refers to panic that is completely out of proportion to the perceived threat behind it. Fear has a paralysing effect on people and we all fear something. For ...