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Phobias Flashcards

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What is a phobia?

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Irrational fear of an object or situation

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What are the DSM-5 categories of phobias?

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Specific phobia
Social anxiety
Agoraphobia

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What are the behavioural characteristics of phobias?

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Panic
Avoidance
Endurance

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What are the emotional characteristics of phobias?

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Anxiety
E.g. Arachnophobia
Emotional responses for phobias are unreasonable

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What are the cognitive characteristics of phobias?

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Selective attention to the phobic stimulus
Irrational beliefs
Cognitive distortions

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What does DSM stand for?

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Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorder - currently 5th edition

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