Halitophobia

As halitophobia the unfounded and persistent is afraid referred to halitosis suffer (halitosis) and harass others by.

This idea can have an impact on the entire behavior pattern and lead to social withdrawal and even suicide. The data on halitophobia is sparse and it is not classified in one of the current manuals for mental disorders ( ICD-10 , DSM-IV ). There are suspicions that it can be classified under obsessive-compulsive disorders and related phenomena are the olfactory hallucinosis and the olfactory reference syndrome. In an examination in a bad breath consultation, those affected indicated a higher impairment of social life compared to patients with objectifiable halitosis.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ D. Nagel, C. Lutz, A. Filippi: Halitophobia - an underestimated clinical picture. In: Switzerland Monthly Dental Medicine. 2006; 116 (1), pp. 57-64. PMID 16471420 (review article) Full text printout
2. ↑ D. Schreiber: Psychological Aspects of Halitosis. Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ A. Filippi, N. Müller: Real and psychologically conditioned halitosis - findings, diagnoses and results of a bad breath consultation hour. In: Switzerland Monthly Dental Medicine. 2006; 116, pp. 129-135. PMID 16524215

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