Phobias

• Behaviour characteristics of phobias

  Panic, avoidance and endurance
• Emotional characteristics of phobias

  Anxiety and unreasonable emotional responses
• Cognitive characteristics of phobias

  Selective attention, irrational beliefs
• What is a phobia?

  Excessive fear and anxiety

  Fear is out of proportion

  Generally irrational

  Interrupts ability to lead a normal life