ing may substantially reduce dietary intake. 
Differential Diagnosis
Agoraphobia. Situational specific phobia may resemble agoraphobia in its clinical pre-
sentation, given the overlap in feared situations (e.g., flying, enclosed places, elevators). If
an individual fears only one of the agorapho bia situations, then sp ecific phobia, situa-
tional, may be diagnosed. If two or more agoraphobic situations are feared, a diagnosis of
agoraphobia is likely warranted. For example,  an individual who fears airplanes and ele-
vators (which overlap with the “public transportation” ag oraphobic situation) but does
not fear other agoraphobic situations would be diagnosed with specific phobia, situa-
tional, whereas an individual who fears airplanes, elevators, and crowds (which overlap
with two agoraphobic situations, “using public transportation” and “standing in line and
or being in a crowd”) would be diagnosed wi th agoraphobia. Criterion B of agoraphobia
(the situations are feared or avoided “because of thoughts that escape might be difficult or
help might not be available in the event of developing panic-like symptoms or other inca-
pacitating or embarrassing symptoms”) can also  be useful in differentiating agoraphobia
from specific phobia. If the situations are fe ared for other reasons, such as fear of being
harmed directly by the object or situations (e.g ., fear of the plane crashing, fear of the an-
imal biting), a specific phobia diagnosis may be more appropriate. 
Social anxiety disorder. If the situations are feared because of negative evaluation, so-
cial anxiety disorder should be di agnosed instead of  specific phobia.
Separation anxiety disorder. If the situations are feared because of separation from a