How is bathmophobia diagnosed?

How is bathmophobia diagnosed?

The diagnostic manual for the American Psychiatric Association (the DSM-5) doesn’t recognize fear of stairs or slopes as a phobia. But you may receive a diagnosis if you meet these criteria for having a specific phobic disorder:

• Symptoms that occur anytime you see or think about stairs or slopes or have to go up or down them.
• Chronic fear of stairs and slopes that lasts for at least six months.
• Extreme changes to behaviors or routines to help you avoid stairs and slopes.
• Diminished quality of life due to phobia symptoms.