DSM-V

    Cards (5)

    • What do sufferers show?
      marked and persistent fear of a specific object or situation
    • what does exposure to the stimulus NEARLY ALWAYS produce?
      a rapid anxiety response
    • what is the fear of the phobic object or situation like?

      EXCESSIVE
    • how is the phobic stimulus treated?
      • either avoided OR
      • Responded to with great anxiety.
    • What do the phobic reaction interfere SIGNIFICANTLY with?
      with the sufferers working or social life, or he/she is very DISTRESSED about the phobia
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