Characteristics Of Phobias, Depression And OCD Flashcards
What are phobias?
Phobias are anxiety disorders
Fear only becomes a phobia when there is a negative impact on every day life and fear is out of proportion to any real danger.
What are the behavioural characteristics of phobias?
Panic avoidance, endurance
What are the emotional characteristics of phobias?
Anxiety, fear (immediate extremely unpleasant response), and look in book
What are the cognitive characteristics of phobias?
Selective attention, irrational beliefs, cognitive distortions
What is depression?
A mood disorder
Prolonged and fundamental disturbance of mood and emotion.
What are the behavioural characteristics of depression?
Activity levels,
Disruption to sleep or eating behaviour, aggression or self harm
What are the emotional characteristics of depression?
Low mood, anger, lowered self-esteem
What are the cognitive characteristics of depression?
Poor concentration, dwelling on the negative, absolutist thinking
What is OCD?
An anxiety disorder
This is the cycle of obsessions to anxiety to compulsions to relief.
What is an obsession?
An obsession is cognitive and is a persistent thought idea or impulse that is intrusive repeated and causes an anxiety.
What are compulsions?
A compulsion is a type of behaviour, it is a repetitive and rigid behaviour or mental act that prevent or reduces anxiety
What are the behavioural characteristics of OCD?
Repetitive compulsions, compulsions reduce anxiety, avoidance
What are the emotional characteristics of OCD?
Anxiety/distress depression, guilt/disgust with self
What are the cognitive characteristics of OCD?
Obsessive thoughts, insight into excessive anxiety, mental coping strategies
