SPECIFIC DISORDERS: 4 MAIN TYPES

Question 1

DEFINITION: SPECFIC DISORDERS

• Intense fear
• Irrational fear
• Cannot control fear
• Fear interrupts daily functioning

Answer 1

• Fear to a single specific object or event
• Triggers a panic response
• The person recognizes that their fears are unreasonable and excessive BUT they cannot control them

Question 2

4 MAIN TYPES OF SPECIFIC PHOBIAS

BANS

Answer 2

1 = Blood-injection-injury phobia

2 = Animal phobias

3 = Natural environment phobias

4 = Situation phobias

Question 3

4 MAIN TYPES OF SPECIFIC PHOBIAS

BANS (EXAMPLES)

Answer 3

1 = Blood-injection-injury phobia (medical procedures, the sight of blood, injuries)

2 = Animal phobias (snakes, spiders, rats, dogs)

3 = Natural environment phobias (heights, storms, waters, darkness)

4 = Situation phobias (Enclosed spaces, flying, elevators, dentists)