Phobias

• What is a phobia?

  An unreasonable, persistent fear of something
• What percentage of people suffer from unreasonable fear?

  60.2%
• What percentage of people meet clinical criteria for simple phobia?

  15%
• What are the DSM-5 categories of phobia?

  • Specific phobia: fear of object or situation
  • Social phobia: fear of social situations
  • Agoraphobia: fear of being outside or in public
• What are the emotional characteristics of phobias?

  • Anxiety
  • Fear
  • Unreasonable feelings
• What are the behavioral characteristics of phobias?

  • Panic
  • Endurance
  • Avoidance
• What are the cognitive characteristics of phobias?

  • Selective attention
  • Irrational beliefs
  • Cognitive distortions