Phobic Disorder

• Phobic Disorder – condition caused by irrational fear
• Projection and displacement are the defense mechanisms used by th eperson.
• Agoraphobia 


  Fear of going outside home; fear of ebing alone in open or public places where escape might be difficult
• Social Phobia 


  Fear of situations in which one might be embarrassed or criticized and the fear of making a fool on oneself
• Acrophobia


  Fear of heights
• Cacophobia 


  Fear of ugliness
• Monophobia 


  Fear of being alone
• Mysophobia 


  Fear of dirt or germs
• Claustrophobia


  Fear of enclosed spaces
• Nosocomephobia


  Fear of hospitals
• Thanatophobia 


  Fear of death
• In management of phobia, flooding refers to sudden exposure to maximum stimulus
• In management of phobia, systematic desensitization refers to gradual exposure to the feared object 


  1st step: Let the client think and talk about the feared object