Specific Phobia

Interventions 1

100

Is systematic desensitisation considered a biological, psychological or social factor?

Psychological

200

is the learning of relaxations techniques step 1/2/3 or 4 of systematic desensitisation?

Step 1

300

Is the gradual step-by-step exposure step 1/2/3 or 4 of systematic desensitisation?

Step 3

400

The development of a fear hierarchy is step 1/2/3 or 4 of systematic desensitisation?

Step 2

500

teaching families and supporters of individuals with mental health disorders how to better understand, deal with, and treat their disorder.

Psychoeducation

Interventions 2

100

Is breathing retraining a biological, psychological or social intervention?

Biological

200

An intervention for GABA dysfunction is GABA agonist or antagonist?

Agonist

300

a type of drug that imitates neurotransmitters and works to initiate a neural response (excitatory or inhibitory) when it binds to the receptor sites of a neuron.

Agonist

400

a type of medication that depresses central nervous system activity and is often used as a short-acting anti-anxiety medication. Considered a GABA agonist.

Benzodiazepines

500

Name one of the components of psychoeducation that are taught to families and supporters

1. challenging unrealistic or anxious thoughts of the individual, 

2. not encouraging avoidance behaviours.

Interventions 3

100

Is cognitive behaviour therapy a biological, psychological or social intervention?

Psychological

200

a form of psychotherapy that encourages individuals to substitute dysfunctional cognitions and behaviours with more adaptive ones.

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)

300

a therapeutic technique used to overcome phobias that involves a patient being exposed incrementally to increasingly anxiety inducing stimuli, combined  with the use of relaxation techniques.

Systematic desensitisation

400

a form of psychotherapy that encourages individuals to substitute dysfunctional cognitions and behaviours with more adaptive ones.

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)

500

Systematic desensitisation operates on the principles of ________ _________, aiming to de-condition the association between the phobic stimulus and fear, by associating the phobic stimulus instead with relaxation.

Classical conditioning