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Curious Kids: where do phobias come from?

  • Written by Lara Farrell, Associate Professor and Clinical Psychologist, Griffith University
Phobias are an intense fear of very specific things like objects, places, situations or animals.Shutterstock

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Where do phobias come from? – Olivia, age 12, Strathfield, Sydney.


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