Treating different phobias require different methods, which depends on what is the patient's exact problem.

Dr. Neuman said that the success rate for treating most phobias is between 90 and 95 percent.

How can doctors use virtual reality to treat phobias?

Wolpe found that systematic desensitization was successful 90% of the time when treating phobias.

Steroids aren't typically used to treat phobias or anxiety.

It is now used for treating specific phobias, pain management, eating disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Properly treating aggression, phobias, anxiety and fears from the start can literally save time and money.

Mary Cover Jones had used similar techniques in treating phobias in younger children.

A recommended way of overcoming child's apiphobia is to train them to face their fears (a common approach for treating specific phobias).

One tool is called "systematic desensitization," which is most effective in treating phobias.