How is anthropophobia diagnosed?

How is anthropophobia diagnosed?

Anthropophobia does not have specific clinical diagnostic guidelines. Still, your healthcare provider may identify symptoms of anthropophobia by asking:

• Do the same social situations always cause fear or anxiety?
• Does avoiding people interfere with your day-to-day routine?
• Has the anxiety lasted six months or longer?

Sometimes, the fear of people is a symptom of another diagnosis, such as social anxiety disorder. Anthropophobia may also be closely related to taijin kyofusho. Taijin kyofusho is distress or fear of interpersonal relationships, specifically the fear of offending others. It is a culture-specific diagnosis found in Korea and Japan.

People may also experience anthropophobia along with:

• Avoidant personality disorder.
• Delusional disorder.
• Paranoid personality disorder.
• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).