PSYC 3390 Lecture Notes - Moral Treatment, Germ Theory Of Disease, Etiology
5 Apr 2013
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The boy who fainted at the sight of blood. 16 year old adolescent submitted for anxiety. Watched a bio video on frog dissection images bugged him and made him queezy. He therefore avoided blood all together (band aids, come video games, classes) He wanted to avoid the fear and stimuli. Even if a friend said cut it out he would feel faint. By the time he was admitted he was fainting 5 to 6 times a week. Jody is diagnosed with a phobia : blood, injury, and injection phobia. Difference between a phobia and a fear a phobia is debilitating to your life and affects your everyday live. We can fear things but doesn"t mean it affects us in everyday life. This can be dangerous for our health if we need blood taken or injections for people with illnesses. (ex. diabetes needing to take insulin) Issues which are better captured on a continuum.
