Phobias, depression and OCD

• Phobias:

  • what constitutes a phobia- specific phobias for objects or situations, agoraphobia and social anxiety
  • Behavioural - panic, avoidance or endurance of the phobic stimulus
  • Emotional - fear and anxiety
  • Cognitive - selective attention towards the phobic stimulus, irrational about it and cognitive distortions of it
• Depression: 


  • What constitutes depression- major depression, recurring depression
  • Behavioural - changes to usual activity, sleep and eating patterns and possibly aggression
  • Emotional- lowered mood, anger and decline in self-esteem
  • Cognitive - poor concentration, biased towards seeing negative
• OCD:

  • what constitutes OCD- characterised either by obsessive thought, compulsive behaviours or both
  • Behavioural- include compulsions to repeat behaviours, usually to reduce anxiety
  • Emotional- main characteristic is anxiety, often accompanied by depression and guilt
  • cognitive - recurrent obsessive thoughts, accompanied by rituals to cope with the obsession
• Phobia:

  • A phobia is an anxiety disorder that creates exclusive fear triggered by an object, place or situation