Behavioural, emotional, and cognitive approaches of all 3

Question 1

Define a phobia

Answer 1

A persistent, intense, and irrational fear of certain situations or objects. The fear is out of proportion to the danger posed, and affects a persons day-to-day life

Question 2

What are the three types of phobia?

Answer 2

Specific phobia- phobias to specific objects
Social phobias- fear of embarrassment or humiliation in public situations
Agrophobia- persistent fear of certain environments, often due to crowdedness of openness.

Question 3

Emotional symptoms of phobias

Answer 3

• intense feelings of PANIC that is out of proportion to the situation
• anxiety

Question 4

Behavioural symptoms of phobias

Answer 4

• Going to great lengths to avoid the phobic object and escape from the object as soon as possible
• screaming when around it

Question 5

Cognitive symptoms of phobias

Answer 5

• the person showing distorted thinking about phobic situations
• acknowledgment that the fear is irrational.

Question 6

Define depression (unipolar)

Answer 6

Two main symptoms are that you have depressed mood most or all of the time and a diminished interest in usually pleasurable activities. Person must have experience at least 5 symptoms of depression and for at least two weeks to be diagnosed.

Question 7

Emotional symptoms of depression

Answer 7

• low mood or helplessness

- irritability and being more angry than normal.

Question 8

Behavioural symptoms of depression

Answer 8

• lack of energy and being inactive
• sleep problems, insomnia
• changes in appitite, eating a lot of nothing

Question 9

Cognitive symptoms of depression

Answer 9

• Distorted negative thinking
• thoughts of death
• poor concentration and memory

Question 10

Bipolar depression

Answer 10

The person has periods of weeks where the experience depression symptoms, but also have phases of mania where the person may show symptoms such as excessive high moods.

Question 11

Define OCD

Answer 11

An anxiety disorder where the person experiences persistent, intrusive thoughts that they find extremely unpleasant and upsetting obsessions. The thoughts are often about things that the person finds grim. They may also have uncontrollable urges to behave in a certain way.

Question 12

What are obsessions

Answer 12

Unable to stop thinking about something that may be seen as revolting e.g. Germs

Question 13

What are compulsions

Answer 13

Where you have an uncontrollable urge to carry out a behaviour e.g. Washing hands

Question 14

Emotional symptoms of OCD

Answer 14

• Intense anxiety or feeling of panic when intrusive thoughts occur
• the person may feel guilt and disgust when they get thoughts

Question 15

Behavioural symptoms of OCD

Answer 15

• the time spent on compulsive behaviours can have a serious effect on the person ability to work or their ability to maintain social relationships
• avoidance of things that trigger the obsessions and compulsions
• acting on compulsions

Question 16

Cognitive symptoms of OCD

Answer 16

• Repetitive and intensive thoughts or images

- realisation that their thoughts are irrational.