Common Phobias
Fear of Spiders
What is Arachnophobia?
True or False. Children cannot develop a specific phobia.
False - children can develop phobias.
Who can diagnosis someone with specific phobia?
What is a doctor?
An emotion that people show when they are distressed or feel threatened
What is a fear?
Johnny Depp, famous actor, has an extreme phobia called coulrophobia. What is the definition of coulrophobia.
What is the fear of clowns.
The definition of Acrophobia
What is the fear of heights?
Certain types of phobias are more likely to happen in people who have a relative with that type of phobia. The types with higher rates in family members are animal, medical procedures and situational phobias.
What is genetics?
True or False: Can medication be used to treat phobias?
True
An anxiety disorder where a person has a rational or irrational fear of an object, place, living creature, or a situation.
What is a phobia?
This famous person has an extreme fear of chewing gum known as chiclephobia. This phobia stems from an unpleasant childhood memory.
What is Oprah Winfrey?
The fear of enclosed spaces
What is claustrophobia?
These can be experiences that happen to you or that you see happen to someone else.
What is traumatic experiences?
Name on of the main ways to treat a phobia
Psychotherapy
What is the fear of water called?
What is aquaphobia.
Justin Timberlake, famous singer/performer has an extreme fear of eight legged insects. What is this phobia called?
What is arachnophobia?
Trypanophobia is the fear of what
What is the fear of needles?
Name 3 mental health conditions that are more likely in people with specific phobia or agoraphobia.
What are anxiety disorders, bipolar disorders, depressive disorders, personality disorders, substance use disorders
True or False: Phobias are something predictable and are the symptoms are the same for each person.
False
True or False: Women are twice as likely to have a specific phobia than men.
True
This person has mysophobia - a fear of germs. He won't shake hands with anyone unless he is wearing gloves. He also is diagnosed with OCD.
Who is Howie Mandel.
Which phobia is a separate diagnosis because it has many potential triggers but all relate to being in public areas or spaces?
What is Agoraphobia?
Name 2 physical health conditions that commonly happen along with phobias or that may get worse because of phobia symptoms.
What is Heart disease, COPD, Parkinson's Disease, dementia symptoms.
What is the number for the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline?
Experts group fears into 5 main categories. What are they?
What is animals, natural environment, medical procedures, situations, and other?
This famous soccer player is Diagnosed with OCD. He has a fear of chaos and disorganization.
What is this person's name and what is the name of this phobia?
What is Ataxophobia?