2. The Anxiety Disorders PTSD Phobias Fears OCD PTSD Phobias Fears OCD

3. Holocaust Survivors: Why did so few have Post-traumatic Stress Disorder? ◊By examining the coping skills used by survivors of the camps, researchers have identified seven major strategies that seem to have contributed to their survival, and almost no documented cases of PTSD.

4. Seven Coping Strategies ◊Differential focus on the good - Sunsets, scraps of vegetables, etc. ◊Survival for some purpose - Find some meaning in their continued existence ◊Psychological distancing - Intellectualizing, religious conviction, time focus, and humor ◊Differential focus on the good - Sunsets, scraps of vegetables, etc. ◊Survival for some purpose - Find some meaning in their continued existence ◊Psychological distancing - Intellectualizing, religious conviction, time focus, and humor

5. Seven Coping Strategies, cont’d. ◊Mastery - A goal to strive to master ◊Will to live - ◊Hope - ◊Social support - ◊Mastery - A goal to strive to master ◊Will to live - ◊Hope - ◊Social support -

6. What do people fear? ◊August, 2000 Discovery Health Channel commissioned a nationally representative telephone survey of 1000 Americans.

7. Top 10 responses - 10. Fear of fire 9.Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes 8.Fear of cancer 7.Fear of hell 6.Fear of public speaking 10. Fear of fire 9.Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes 8.Fear of cancer 7.Fear of hell 6.Fear of public speaking

8. Top 10 responses, cont’d 5.Fear of drowning 4.Fear of being bound or tied up 3.Fear of heights 2.Fear of being buried alive 1.Fear of snakes 5.Fear of drowning 4.Fear of being bound or tied up 3.Fear of heights 2.Fear of being buried alive 1.Fear of snakes

9. Top 5 fears of men vs. top 5 of women ◊Men 1. Buried alive 2. Heights 3. Snakes 4. Drowning 5. Public speaking ◊Men 1. Buried alive 2. Heights 3. Snakes 4. Drowning 5. Public speaking ◊Women 1.Snakes 2.Being bound or tied up 3.Buried alive 4.Heights 5.Public speaking

10. Penn State Worry Questionnaire ◊Reverse scores for questions - 1, 3, 8, 10, 11 (1 = 5, 2 = 4, 3 = 3, 4 = 2, 5 = 1) ◊ Add up all of the scores ◊ Range of 16 - 80 ◊Mean of 48.8 ◊Females - 51.2Males 46.1 ◊Reverse scores for questions - 1, 3, 8, 10, 11 (1 = 5, 2 = 4, 3 = 3, 4 = 2, 5 = 1) ◊ Add up all of the scores ◊ Range of 16 - 80 ◊Mean of 48.8 ◊Females - 51.2Males 46.1

11. Fear Survey ◊The 11 fears that received the highest intensity ratings: Untimely or early death Death of a loved one Speaking before a group Snakes Not being a success ◊The 11 fears that received the highest intensity ratings: Untimely or early death Death of a loved one Speaking before a group Snakes Not being a success

12. Fear Survey, cont’d. Being self-conscious Illness or injury to loved ones Making mistakes Looking foolish Failing a test Suffocating Being self-conscious Illness or injury to loved ones Making mistakes Looking foolish Failing a test Suffocating

13. Phobias ◊Agoraphobia - ◊Claustrophobia - ◊Triskaidekaphobia - ◊Thanatophobia - ◊Santa Claustrophobia - ◊Panaphobia - ◊Agoraphobia - ◊Claustrophobia - ◊Triskaidekaphobia - ◊Thanatophobia - ◊Santa Claustrophobia - ◊Panaphobia -