Phobias

Question 1

What are the DSM-5 categories of phobias?

Answer 1

Specific phobia
Social anxiety (social phobia)
Agraphobia

Question 2

What is a specific phobia?

Answer 2

Phobia of an object, such as an animal or body part or situation
e.g flying, spiders

Question 3

What is social anxiety?

Answer 3

Phobia od a social situation such as public speaking or using a public toilet

Question 4

What is agoraphobia?

Answer 4

Phobia of being outisde or in a public place

Question 5

What are the behavioural characteristics of phobias?

Answer 5

Panic
Individual may panic in the presence of the phobic stimulus
Avoidance
Individual may go to a lot of effort to not come into contact witht eh phobic stimulus
Endurance
Person chooses to remain in the presence of phobic stimulus

Question 6

What are the emotional characteristics of phobias?

Answer 6

Anxiety
Fear
Emotional response is unreasonable

Question 7

What are the cognitive characteristics of phobias

Answer 7

Selective attention to the phobic stimulus
Irrational beliefs
Cognitive distortions