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Death anxiety | |
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Other names | Thanatophobia |
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An illustration from La Fontaine's fable "La Mort et le Mourant" depicting the Grim Reaper | |
Specialty | Clinical psychology, psychiatry |
Death anxiety is anxiety caused by thoughts of one's own death, and is also known as thanatophobia (fear of death).[1] This anxiety can significantly impact various aspects of a person's life.[2] Death anxiety is different from necrophobia, which refers to an irrational or disproportionate fear of dead bodies or of anything associated with death.[3] Death anxiety has been found to affect people of differing demographic groups as well, such as men versus women, and married versus non-married.[4] The sociological and psychological consensus is that death anxiety is universally present across all societies, but different cultures manifest aspects of death anxiety in differing ways and degrees.[5]
Death anxiety is particularly prevalent in individuals who experience terminal illnesses without a medical curable treatment, such as advanced cancer.[6]
Researchers have linked death anxiety with several mental-health conditions, as it often acts as a fundamental fear that underlies many mental health disorders.[7] Common therapies that have been used to treat death anxiety include Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, meaning-centered therapies, and mindfulness-based approaches.[8]
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