Anxiety Disorders: Phobias

Question 1

Types of anxiety

Answer 1

Panic attacks

Phobias

Post traumatic stress disorder

Generalised anxiety disorders

Ocd

Question 2

What is a phobia

Answer 2

Persistent fear of a particular object or situation that provokes an immediate response

Even though the individual knows it is a irrational fear they cannot control the immense terror

To be diagnosed the phobia must disrupt individuals life

Question 3

Physical symptoms of phobia

Answer 3

Shortness of breath

Palpitations

Feeling of losing control

Intense Terror

Question 4

DSM-IV Classification for specific phobia

Answer 4

Exposure to stimulus provokes immediate anxiety response

Recognises fear is excessive

Lasted more than six months in people under 18

Question 5

ICD-10 classification for a specific phobia

Answer 5

Anxiety restricted to presence of that particular object or situation

Phobic situation avoided wherever possible

Symptoms due to build up of anxiety and not secondary to other symptoms such as delusion

Question 6

What is anxiety ?

Answer 6

Anxiety disorders give a continuous feeling of fear which is disabling and can impose on daily functioning

Can be triggered by something that seems trivial to others