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People with specific phobias or fears, such as spiders or mice, are twice as likely to become depressed. They are also three times more likely to have other phobias, the Trimbos Institute and Amsterdam UMC found in joint research. Six years after the start, all 552 participants who already had a phobia were more likely to have another anxiety disorder …
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