Anxiety disorders (Phobias)

1. Definitions, types/examples (case studies) of phobias –
   Types: e.g. agoraphobia, blood phobia, dog phobia.
2. Explanations of phobias –
   Behavioural (classical conditioning, e.g. Watson, 1920); psychoanalytic (Freud, 1909); biomedical/genetic (e.g. Ost, 1992); cognitive (e.g. DiNardo et al., 1988).
3. Treating phobias –
   Systematic desensitisation (Wolpe, 1958); flooding; applied tension (Ost et al., 1989); cognitive-behavioural therapy (Ost and Westling, 1995).