MCCC PSY 210 - Chapter 4- anxiety disorders

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PhobiasWhat is a phobia?RUN!!!Phobic DisordersDiagnosing PhobiasDifferent types of phobiasTypes of phobiasBlood-Injury-Injection PhobiasDon’t look down!!Natural/environment phobias involve the fear of events in nature, like heights, storms or water.Slide 11Phobias characterized by fear of public transportation or enclosed places are called __________________________________Situational phobiaSlide 14StatisticsSince people tend to work around their phobias, only the most severe cases tend to seek treatment.Will I have to live with this forever?TreatmentTreatmentsWhere do phobias come from?Where did this come from?Developing phobiasIt’s all in the breeding…Next Class…PhobiasChapter 4- anxiety disordersWhat is a phobia?A specific phobia is an __________________________________________________________________________________________________‐Significantly interferes with ones ability to function.________________________________________________RUN!!!___________________________________________is necessary to meet the criteria for a phobia.Most persons with specific phobias recognize that the fears are unreasonable and irrational- but try to escape anyway.Phobic DisordersThe ____________________________________________ _________________________________________________ ‐People with phobias often adapt their lives and simply work around it.The physical symptoms of this type of anxiety are:‐Increased heart rate‐Blood pressure‐Irregular breathing patterns,‐Thoughts of disaster.Diagnosing PhobiasTo qualify for a diagnosis of phobic disorders is that the fear must be ___________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________Unlike generalized anxiety, the anxiety is focused on some specific object or situation. ‐__________________________________________________________________________________________________.Different types of phobiasDSM IV first defined phobias as a classifiable disorder in 1994 __________________________________________________________________________________________Types of phobias1. ________________ __________ _______________Unreasonable fear/avoidance of exposure to ____________________________ _________________________________________. These are typically the people who faint at the sight of even a drop of blood (Barlow et al.,1995).People with this type of phobia experience different physiological reactions than other phobias.‐__________________________________________________________________________________________________Blood-Injury-Injection PhobiasThis type of phobia runs in families and has a strong genetic component.This is likely because people who inherit this phobia ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________The average age of onset for this type of phobia is 9.Don’t look down!!Natural/environment phobias involve the fear of events in nature, like heights, storms or water._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Example- If you fear deep water, you are likely to also fear stormsThe age of onset for this type of phobia is age ______.Phobias characterized by fear of public transportation or enclosed places are called __________________________________Situational phobiaSituational phobias tend to emerge in the early to ______________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________People with situational phobias never experience a panic attack outside the context of their phobic object/situation. ‐______________________________________________ ______________________________________________.4. _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________‐ particularly dogs, snakes, insects and miceThe age of onset is 7, like natural environmental phobias.Animal PhobiasStatisticsThe APA reports that in any given year, ___________________________________________________They are the most common psychiatric illness among ___________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________The sex ratio for specific phobias is ____________ ___________________________________________________Since people tend to work around their phobias, only the most severe cases tend to seek treatment.Will I have to live with this forever?Once a phobia develops, __________________ __________________________________________________ making treatment very important.With proper treatment, the vast majority of phobia patients can completely overcome fears and live symptom-free.TreatmentThe treatment for phobias is agreed on by most of the psychological community. ____________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ exercises.This should be done under professional supervision, so the patients are not exposed to too much at once, which could lead to escape and this would only ________________________________________________________New developments in treatment make it possible to treat many specific phobias in an intensive, one day session participating in exposure exercises with the phobia/situation.TreatmentsThe results are very interesting because in these cases not only does the phobia disappear but the tendency to experience the ____________________________________________ ________________________________________________It is now clear, based on brain imaging that these treatments ______________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________Where do phobias come from?It was once believed that phobias developed after a traumatic event.________________________________________________________________________________________Where did this come from?Traumatic experiences can result in phobic behavior, developed by ____________________________________________ where danger results in an alarm response.Example- many people who have choking phobias have experienced choking at some time.Developing phobiasVicarious experience -__________________________ _______________________________________________.Seeing someone else have a traumatic experience is enough to instill a phobia in the watcher.3.


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