Dahlia is a 54-year-old single librarian with a chronic knee pain. Recently, she has been transferred to the upper level of the library’s building after her promotion. She developed extreme irrational fear, an increase in heart rate and sweating as she is about to enter the elevator. This significantly affects her work as she could not climb the stairs and using the elevator is an agony for her. It is also noted that Dahlia has profound difficulties when using the bus, as well as while being in the public area like the mall or even standing in line. She is very convinced that she is going to die if she stays in these provoking situations. Eventually, she withdraws from her promotion and her symptoms subsided. a. Relate Dahlia’s situations to TWO criteria of abnormal behaviour. b. Identify the possible diagnosis for Dahlia and deliberate its major component from cognitive perspective. c. Explain how the symptoms can be alleviated using cognitive perspective.
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Dahlia is a 54-year-old single librarian with a chronic knee pain. Recently, she has been transferred to the upper level of the library’s building after her promotion. She developed extreme irrational fear, an increase in heart rate and sweating as she is about to enter the elevator. This significantly affects her work as she could not climb the stairs and using the elevator is an agony for her. It is also noted that Dahlia has profound difficulties when using the bus, as well as while being in the public area like the mall or even standing in line. She is very convinced that she is going to die if she stays in these provoking situations. Eventually, she withdraws from her promotion and her symptoms subsided. |
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Relate Dahlia’s situations to TWO criteria of abnormal behaviour. |
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Identify the possible diagnosis for Dahlia and deliberate its major component from cognitive perspective. |
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Explain how the symptoms can be alleviated using cognitive perspective.
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