Asked by
Lakshmi Bagavathiraj
on Nov 25, 2024Verified
Tina and her parents live on a farm where field mice are very common.One night, a mouse crawled on Tina while she was sleeping.The experience frightened Tina so badly that she now avoids any situation where she might come across a mouse.She always checks her bed carefully each night.Tina is most likely exhibiting behaviors related to
A) a social anxiety disorder.
B) agoraphobia.
C) an animal-type phobia.
D) a natural environment type phobia.
Animal-type Phobia
An intense, irrational fear of animals that can cause significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.
Social Anxiety Disorder
A chronic mental health condition where social interactions cause irrational anxiety, fear, self-consciousness, and embarrassment.
Agoraphobia
An anxiety disorder that involves an extreme or irrational fear of entering open or crowded places, leaving one's own home, or being in places from which escape might be difficult.
- Detect the manifestations and sources of specific phobias, along with their respective treatment strategies.
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Learning Objectives
- Detect the manifestations and sources of specific phobias, along with their respective treatment strategies.