Mental disorders

Question 1

outline Phobias, emotionally, behaviourally, cognitively (mental disorders)

Answer 1

-Emotional: excessive fear. anxiety and/or panic
cued by a specific object or situation.
-Behavioural: avoidance, faint or freeze. Interferes
with everyday life.
-Cognitive: not helped by rational argument,
unreasonableness of the behaviour recognised.

Question 2

outline depression, emotionally, behaviourally, cognitively (mental disorders)

Answer 2

-Emotional: negative emotions - sadness, loss of
interest and sometimes anger.
-Behavioural: reduced or increased activity
related to energy levels, sleep and/or eating.
-Cognitive: irrational, negative thoughts and self-
beliefs that are self-fulfilling.

Question 3

outline OCD, emotionally, behaviourally, cognitively (mental disorders)

Answer 3

-Emotional: anxiety and distress. and awareness
that this is excessive, leading to shame.
-Behavioural: compulsive behaviours to reduce
obsessive thoughts, not connected in a realistic way.
-Cognitive: recurrent. intrusive, uncontrollable
thoughts (obsessions). more than everyday worries