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x0000x0000Adapted from The Anxiety Phobia Workbook by Edmund J BourneGently pull your head back as if to look at the ceiling Hold for about 5 seconds and releasefeeling the tension melting awayPause. DSM-V Diagnostic Criteria. A. Marked fear or anxiety about a specific object or situation . (in children the fear or anxiety may be expressed by crying, tantrums, freezing, or clinging). B. The phobic object or situation almost always provokes immediate fear or anxiety. . Anxiety disorders:. (Simple phobia). Definition:. A. . Marked and persistent fear that is excessive or unreasonable, cued by the presence or anticipation of a specific object or situation (e.g., flying, heights, animals, receiving an injection, seeing blood). . By: . Honzoda. . Abidjanova. TABLE OF CONTENTS. WHAT’S PHOBIA ?. COULROPHOBIA. AGORAPHOBIA. AGATEOPHOBIA . NYCTOPHOBIA. HARPAXAPHOBIA. BIBLIOGRAPHY. THE END. A . phobia.  is when used in the context of clinical psychology, a type of anxiety disorder, usually defined as a persistent fear of an object or situation in which the sufferer commits to great lengths in avoiding, typically disproportional to the actual danger posed, often being recognized as irrational.. Are You Really Afraid Of?. WHAT IS PHOBIA??. A phobia is defined as the unrelenting fear of a situation, activity, or thing. These are largely under reported, probably because many phobia sufferers find ways to avoid the situations to which they are phobic. Statistics that estimate how many people suffer from phobias vary widely.. I. AICE Syllabus. Types of phobias. Specific phobias (e.g. blood phobias). Agoraphobia. Social Phobias. Case studies . Explanations. Behavioral. Psychoanalytic. Biomedical. cognitive . Treating Phobias. AlHanouf AlSalloum. 131220278. Phobia:. I. s one of the anxiety disorder according DSM-5 category. A. phobia is a situation of fear during an activity, or thing that causes the person to want to avoid it.. Lesson objectives. Learn what an anxiety disorder is, focusing on Specific Phobia. Understand the biological contributing factors to phobias and the ways to manage phobias. Study design dot point. application . Anxiety. Anxiety Disorders. Anxiety – general state of dread or uneasiness in response to imagined danger. Most common type of mental illness in US. Affects 40 million Americans annually. Generalized Anxiety Disorder – continuous or generalized anxiety. Necessary Information . from Clinical Interview . Current and past history of anxiety. Feelings of:. derealization, . depersonalization, or . emotional numbing . Fears of:. Losing control, or. Going crazy. Social Anxiety Disorder. Also known as “social phobia”. Described as an:. Intense, irrational fear of evaluation, humiliation and social interactions. Most common of anxiety disorders. Can really limit a person’s ability to interact with other members of society. Monica Ramirez Basco, Ph.D.. University of Texas at Arlington. Department of Psychology. Fear of Social Situations. Catastrophic Thinking. Physiological Reactions to Social stress. Avoidance. Social Phobia. Specific Phobia. Dr. Aparna Pathak. A specific phobia is an unrealistic or extreme fear of a specific situation, object, or setting. For example, one may have a fear of medical or dental visits, heights, flying, elevators, germs, or spiders.. Dr. . nasirian. Anxiety disorders are among the . most prevalent . mental disorders in the general population. . Nearly . 30 million . persons are affected in the United States, with . women. affected . The term “anxiety” is defined as diffused, vague, and very unpleasant feeling, sense of fear and apprehension about possible dangers.. Symptoms of anxiety . are nervousness, tension, dizziness, frequent urination, defecation, heart palpitation, breathlessness, sweating, trembling, worry and apprehension, sleeplessness, difficulty in concentrating, hyper vigilance.