CPD articles
Phobias: Nature, assessment and treatment
This article discusses the characteristics of the different phobic disorders, their assessment and treatment.
After reading this article and completing the exercises, you will:
define and differentiate agoraphobia, social phobia and specific phobia;
state the general prevalence of phobias;
describe two assessment measures used for phobias;
describe two forms of psychological treatment used to treat phobias;
discuss the role of nurse therapists in the treatment of phobias.
