characteristics

• What are the behavioural characteristics of phobias?

  -Avoidance: physically adapting behaviour to avoid phobic objects

  -Panic: an uncontrollable physical response

  -Failure to Funtction:
• What are Emotional Characteristics of Phobias?

  Anxiety and Fear (emotional response is unreasonable)
• What are Cognitive Characteristics of Phobias?

  -Irrational thoughts: exaggerated belief in the phobic object leading to...

  -Reduced cognitive capacity due to attentional focus on a phobic object
• What are Behavioural Characteristic of Depression?

  -Reduction in activity level

  -Changes in eating behaviour

  -Aggression
• What is an Emotional Characteristic of Depression?

  -Sadness

  -Guilt
• What is a Cognitive Characteristic of Depression?

  -Poor concentration

  -Negative schemas
• What is a Behavioural Characteristic of OCD?

  -Compulsions: behaviours performed repeatedly to reduce anxiety

  -Avoidance
• What is an Emotional Characteristic of OCD?

  -Anxiety

  -Depression
• What is Cognitive Characteristic of OCD?

  -Obsessions: intrusive, irrational, recurrent thoughts leading to be unpleasant

  -Hypervigilance: A permanent state of alertness