Hōʻike ʻia nā maʻi hopohopo iā lākou iho ma kahi ʻano ʻokoʻa loa, mai ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana i kahi phobia kikoʻī loa, me ka hopohopo ākea a kokoke mau, ʻaʻole i ʻāpono ʻia e kekahi hanana.

Ma Palani, ua papa inoa ka Haute Autorité de Santé (HAS) i ʻeono mau mea lapaʻau² (European classification ICD-10) ma waena o nā pilikia hopohopo:

• ʻOliau hopohopo maʻamau
• ka pilikia weliweli me ka agoraphobia a i ʻole
• pilikia pilikanaka,
• phobia kiko'ī (e laʻa me ka phobia o nā kiʻekiʻe a i ʻole nā ​​spiders),
• ka maʻi hilahilaʻole
• maʻi pilikia ma hope o ka trauma.

ʻO ka mana hou loa o ka Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, ka DSM-V, i paʻi ʻia ma 2014, hoʻohana nui ʻia ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau, manaʻo e hoʻokaʻawale i nā maʻi hopohopo like ʻole.³ :

• pilikia pilikia,
• ʻO ka maʻi obsessive-compulsive a me nā maʻi e pili ana
• nā maʻi pili i ke kaumaha a me ka ʻeha

Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia o kēia mau ʻāpana he ʻumi "mau pūʻulu". No laila, ma waena o nā "maʻi hopohopo", ʻike mākou, i waena o nā mea ʻē aʻe: agoraphobia, maʻi hopohopo ākea, mutism koho, phobia social, hopohopo i hoʻoulu ʻia e ka lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole nā ​​​​lāʻau lapaʻau, phobias, etc.