Fear related disorders - anxiety and phobias

Question 1

GAD 7 and BIPI

Answer 1

7 item questionnaire
symptoms in the last 2 weeks
4 point scale 0-3
strong test retest reliabilty

18 situations related to blood and injexctios

have to rate how often they experiece 27 different reactions
0-3 based on frequency

Question 2

Biological Expalantion

Answer 2

we are born to fear stimuli that have caused a threat to our survival for our ancestors - transmitted in our dna

90% of people with frd had a duplication of dup25, compared to only 7% in control

Question 3

Psychological Explanation

Answer 3

classical condition - a harmless stimuli paired with a frightening experience

psychodynamic - phobias caused by unresolved conflicts from early infancy

defence mechanisms against anxiety to solve the conflicts between the id and the superego

Question 4

Biological treatment

Answer 4

systematic densensitization - reciprocal inhibition

cbt - disconfirm innacurate beliefs about stimulus
applied tension

Question 5

Psychological treatment