characteristics of disorders

Question 1

What is a phobia and what are the DSM-5 categories

Answer 1

A phobia is an anxiety disorder
it is an irrational fear that produces a conscious avoidance of the feared subject or objects

categories
- specific phobia
- social anxiety
- Agoraphobia (public spaces / outside)

Question 2

What is the behavioral characteristics of phobias

Answer 2

• Avoidance
• Endurance - increases anxiety and is an alternative to avoidance
• Panic (fight or flight responses)
  . hyperventilation, crying, shaking

Question 3

What are the emotional characteristics of phobias

Answer 3

• Anxiety - high negative state of high arousal - cannot relax
• Fear

Question 4

What are the cognitive characteristics of phobias

Answer 4

• selective attention - keep your focus on the stimulus incase it poses any threat
• irrational belief - illogical and no evidence for it
• Cognitive development - blow it out of proportion

Question 5

What is depression and what are the DSM-5 categories

Answer 5

Mood disorder
characterized by changes to mood
categories :
- major depressive disorder - severe but short
- Persistent depressive disorder - Long -term
- Disruptive depressive behavior - childhood temper tantrums
- Premenstrual dysphoric disorder - disruption to mood before/after mensuration

Question 6

What is the behavioral characteristics of depression

Answer 6

• Activity levels disrupted - people not getting out of bed so no work - psychomotor agitation people struggle to relax
• Disruption to sleep and eating behavior
• Aggression and self-harm

Question 7

What is the emotional characteristics of depression

Answer 7

• lowered mood - feeling worthless/empty
• Anger
• lowered self-esteem - hating yourself

Question 8

What is the cognitive characteristics of depression

Answer 8

• Poor concentration
• Dwelling on the negative
• Absolutist thinking - everything is either good or bad