[Current nosographic and clinical validity of flight phobias].
Recent trends in the development of aeronautical psychopathology are examined. It is shown that flight phobias, far from decreasing in the sense of morbility or on the pathogenetic plane, are observed with increasing frequency. Current psychopathological assessments of such phobias are described, and the influence of the surroundings, flight itself, and the subject's underlying personality in their determination is examined. The diagnostic and aetiopathogenetic approaches most in vogue in the literature are culled in the proposal of a new distinction into "during" and "consequent" operative phobias as a means of overcoming purely terminological conflicts, and as a medicolegal aid in evaluating and investigating the fear picture in depth.
D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D001359:Aviation; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006801:Humans; D010551:Personality; D010698:Phobic Disorders
Attuale validità nosografica e clinica delle fobie da volo