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| Title |
Trypophobia: What Do We Know So Far? A Case Report and Comprehensive Review of the Literature
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychiatry, February 2018
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00015 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Juan Carlos Martínez-Aguayo, Renzo C. Lanfranco, Marcelo Arancibia, Elisa Sepúlveda, Eva Madrid |
| Abstract |
In this article, we describe the case of a girl who suffers from a phobia to repetitive patterns, known as trypophobia. This condition has not yet been recognised by diagnostic taxonomies such as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Trypophobia usually involves an intense and disproportionate fear towards holes, repetitive patterns, protrusions, etc., and, in general, images that present high-contrast energy at low and midrange spatial frequencies. It is commonly accompanied by neurovegetative symptoms. In the case we present here, the patient also suffered from generalised anxiety disorder and was treated with sertraline. After she was diagnosed, she showed symptoms of both fear and disgust towards trypophobic images. After some time following treatment, she only showed disgust towards said images. We finish this case report presenting a comprehensive literature review of the peer reviewed articles we retrieved after an exhaustive search about trypophobia, we discuss how this case report contributes to the understanding of this anxiety disorder, and what questions future studies should address in order to achieve a better understanding of trypophobia. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 43 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 5% |
| India | 1 | 2% |
| Brazil | 1 | 2% |
| Seychelles | 1 | 2% |
| South Africa | 1 | 2% |
| Japan | 1 | 2% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 2% |
| Germany | 1 | 2% |
| Australia | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 32 | 74% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 40 | 93% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 5% |
| Scientists | 1 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 47 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 47 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 19% |
| Researcher | 6 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 6% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 4 | 9% |
| Unknown | 20 | 43% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 10 | 21% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 11% |
| Neuroscience | 3 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 6% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 4 | 9% |
| Unknown | 21 | 45% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 271. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 June 2024.
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#4
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