Specific phobia is a highly persistent disorder, and its persistence increases with the number of subtypes present (with a persistence of ~75% observed for people with one subtype of specific phobia, including early-onset specific phobia, rising to a persistence of ~85% for people with 4+ subtypes of specific phobias).1
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