Psychopathology - phobias

Question 1

what are the DSM-5 categories of phobias

Answer 1

• Specific phobia
• social anxiety
• agoraphobia - public places

Question 2

what is a phobia

Answer 2

irrational fear of an object or a situation

Question 3

what are the behavioural characteristics of phobias

Answer 3

• Panic
• phobias
• endurance

Question 4

what are the emotional characteristics of phobias

Answer 4

• anxiety
• fear
• unreasonable response

Question 5

what are the cognitive characteristics of phobias

Answer 5

• selective attention to the phobic stimulus
• irrational beliefs
• cognitive distortions