Case Study 9: A 27-year-old, athletic young man has an intense fear of needles. He tries to rationalize his fear by explaining that he is just being cautious and protecting himself from acquired immunodeficiency disease syndrome (AIDS). He realizes that his fear is irrational but is unable to control it. The patient has fainted twice in the past when his blood was drawn during a physical examination. He becomes extremely anxious at the sight of a needle and worries for days before an appointment with his physician or dentist.
This athlete has an anxiety phobia to injections which is also called Belonephobia. He has panic attacks and has fainted whenever he comes in sight of an injection. He is also hesitant about going to the physician or dentist's office. It is also known that he has this phobia because he himself realizes that this fear of injections has gotten out of control. He might have had someone in his family history have a bad encounter with needles.
A mode of therapy for this man is to reassure him that the injection will not cause any harm to him. Also tell him that the injection is sanitary and it will only help him get better.
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Great job labeling the disorder. I wonder what he'll do if he refuses to get important injections.
good diagnosis..wow thats interesting it would be interesting to see how that turned out
great post. great explanation. great blog!
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