Social Anxiety, Social Anxiety, Phobia & Etc.Phobia & Etc.

Presented by: THE Jeff ThompsonPresented by: THE Jeff Thompson

What it isWhat it is

DSM Classifications: Axis I: Clinical Disorders; Other Conditions That May Be a Focus of Clinical Attention

Anxiety Disorders: Specific Phobia | Social Anxiety

PhobiasPhobiasA phobia is a strong, A phobia is a strong, irrational fear of irrational fear of something that something that poses little or no poses little or no actual danger.actual danger.

Physical symptoms Physical symptoms include: panic and include: panic and fear, rapid fear, rapid heartbeat, shortness heartbeat, shortness of breath, trembling, of breath, trembling, and a strong desire and a strong desire to get awayto get away

Treatment includes: Treatment includes: medicines, therapy or medicines, therapy or both.both.

Approximately 19.2 Approximately 19.2 million American adults million American adults age 18 and over, or about age 18 and over, or about 8.7 percent of people in 8.7 percent of people in this age group in a given this age group in a given year, have some type of year, have some type of specific phobia.specific phobia.

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PhobiasPhobiasArachnophobia (fear of spiders)

Coulrophobia (Fear of clowns)

Emitophobia (fear of vomiting)

Acrophobia (fear of heights)

Trypanophobia (fear of injections)

Mysophobia (fear of germs and dirt)

Claustrophobia (fear of being trapped in confined spaces)

doomiphobica (the end of the world)

Necrophobia (fear of dead things)

Androphobia (fear of men)

Ophidiophobia (fear of snakes)

Pteromerhanophobia (fear of flying)

Monophobia (fear of being alone)

Xenophobia (fear of strangers)

Carcinophobia (fear of cancer)

Scotophobia (fear of darkness)

Astraphobia (fear of thunder and lightning)

Cynophobia (fear of dogs)

Bibliophobia (fear of books)

Sociophobia (fear of socializing)

Agoraphobia (fear of being caught in stressful situations)

Kleptophobia (fear of stealing)

Explanations for Explanations for PhobiasPhobias

You Learn them through conditioning (fear You Learn them through conditioning (fear network) (learned helplessness) network) (learned helplessness)

Evolution (phobia linked to our evolutionary past)Evolution (phobia linked to our evolutionary past)

Genes (neurons that fire together stay together)Genes (neurons that fire together stay together)

Physiology (the brain): amygdala, hippocampus, Physiology (the brain): amygdala, hippocampus, bed nucleus of the striaterminal (BNST), HPA bed nucleus of the striaterminal (BNST), HPA axis, ventrialmedia of the prefrontal cortex, axis, ventrialmedia of the prefrontal cortex, cortisol, and norepinephrine. cortisol, and norepinephrine.

What you talking What you talking about Willis?about Willis?

What makes a phobia different than a What makes a phobia different than a fear?fear?

Social AnxietySocial AnxietyPeople with social People with social anxiety have an anxiety have an intense, persistent, intense, persistent, and chronic fear of and chronic fear of being watched and being watched and judged by others and judged by others and of doing things that of doing things that will embarrass them.will embarrass them.

Physical symptoms Physical symptoms that often accompany that often accompany social anxiety include social anxiety include blushing, profuse blushing, profuse sweating, trembling, sweating, trembling, nausea, and difficulty nausea, and difficulty talking.talking.

Social phobia affects Social phobia affects about 15 million about 15 million American adults. American adults. Women and men are Women and men are equally likely to equally likely to develop the disorder.develop the disorder.

Social phobia can be Social phobia can be successfully treated successfully treated with certain kinds of with certain kinds of psychotherapy or psychotherapy or medications.medications.

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Social AnxietySocial AnxietyGo to the great picture that will not Go to the great picture that will not load!!load!!

What do What do you know foo?you know foo?

How is this clip, or the art work an How is this clip, or the art work an example of Social Anxiety?example of Social Anxiety?

What specific examples of the criteria What specific examples of the criteria did you see?did you see?

E.C:E.C: How could you correlate the How could you correlate the individual in the clips heroin use with individual in the clips heroin use with his disorder?his disorder?

Explanations for Explanations for Social AnxietySocial Anxiety

You Learn them through conditioning (fear You Learn them through conditioning (fear network) (learned helplessness) network) (learned helplessness)

Evolution (phobia linked to our evolutionary past)Evolution (phobia linked to our evolutionary past)

Genes (neurons that fire together stay together)Genes (neurons that fire together stay together)

Physiology (the brain): amygdala, hippocampus, Physiology (the brain): amygdala, hippocampus, bed nucleus of the striaterminal (BNST), HPA bed nucleus of the striaterminal (BNST), HPA axis, ventrialmedia of the prefrontal cortex, axis, ventrialmedia of the prefrontal cortex, cortisol, and norepinephrine. cortisol, and norepinephrine.

ImpactImpactDepressionDepression

SuicideSuicide

Substance of AbuseSubstance of Abuse

Avoidance BehaviorsAvoidance Behaviors

Moral ResponsibilityMoral Responsibility

Etc.Etc.abbreviation for abbreviation for et ceteraet cetera

Adv. continuing in the same way. (and Adv. continuing in the same way. (and so forth, and so on, etcetera)so forth, and so on, etcetera)