User:Jlloyd1122/Anthropophobia

Anthropophobia can be best define as the fear of people in crowded situations but can also go beyond and leave the person uncomfortable when being around just one person. Conditions vary depending on the person. Some cases are mild and can be handled while more serious cases can lead to complete social withdrawal. The more serious cases usually lead to the person only using electronics for communication. Like most phobias, anthropophobia can be trace back to traumatic experiences in the past. Since social phobias are more complex than a fear of spiders or other organisms, it is believed that this specific phobia of people can be due to genetics and heredity.

Case Studies In 2001 a study investigated how anthropophobia has in impact on specific cultures. 50 patients diagnosed with anthropophobia and 50 pateints not diagnosed with this were recruited from hospitals in Beijing, China. Measures from athropophobic and anxiety symptoms were andministered to the subjects. The patients with anthropophobia could not every make eye contact with others and when afraid of being watched. The conclusion to this experiment was that anxiety and depression are the causes.