Fear of needles case. The following are some of the treatments that have been shown to be effective in some specific cases. Fear of needles Fear of needles, known in medical literature as needle phobia, is the extreme fear of medical procedures involving injections or hypodermic needles. It is occasionally referred to as "aichmophobia" or "belonephobia", although these terms may also refer to a more general fear of sharply pointed objects. It has also been referred to as "trypanophobia", although the origin and proper usage of that term is highly controversial. The condition was officially recognized in 1994 in the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and
Irrational Man and early 60s". The theologian John Macquarrie, writing in "Existentialism" (1972), described "Irrational Man" as one of the most useful books about existentialism. The Objectivist philosopher Leonard Peikoff, writing in "The Ominous Parallels" (1982), presented "Irrational Man" as an example of a prominent philosopher endorsing irrationality, citing Barrett's comments about Dada. The philosopher Jon Stewart, writing in his anthology "The Hegel Myths and Legends" (1996), accused Barrett of caricaturing, and propagating myths about, Hegel. Stewart deemed Barrett guilty of misrepresenting Hegel as a "cosmic rationalist" who, like Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling and some romantics, believed in a metaphysical world soul.