Florida Anxiety Clinic: Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Anxiety Disorders: Phobia Self-Test.

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SPECIFIC PHOBIA SELF-TEST

To assess if you meet the diagnostic criteria for a Specific Phobia, please complete the following self-test by clicking the "yes" or "no" boxes next to each question,

PART A: Are you troubled by:

Marked and persistent fear that is triggered by the presence (or anticipation) of a specific object or situation, such as flying, heights, animals, injections, or blood?

Yes No

PART B:

Exposure to the object or situation almost always triggers anxiety or a panic attack?

Yes No

Do you recognize that the fear is excessive or unreasonable?

Yes No

Do you avoid the object or situation or endure it with intense anxiety or distress.

Yes No

PART C: Is your anxiety:

Unrelated to another disorder, such as Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Social Phobia, OCD, or PTSD?	Yes No
Unrelated to a physical cause, like medication use?	Yes No

SCORING: You may have a Specific Phobia if:

Part A: You answered "Yes", and

Part B: You answered "Yes" to at all items, and

Part C: You answered "Yes" to all items.

This test is meant to be informative and is not designed to provide a formal diagnosis. To determine if you have Specific Phobia, please contact one of our psychologists at the Florida Anxiety Clinic.

These criteria were extracted from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision. Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Association, 1994.

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