A psychologist is treating a client, David, who has a severe phobia of enclosed spaces (claustrophobia). David panics whenever he is in an elevator.
Which of the following interventions BEST combines a psychological and a biological approach to manage David’s phobia?
Prescribing David a short-acting benzodiazepine to take before entering an elevator, combined with encouraging him to use positive self-talk to calm his anxiety.
Teaching David breathing retraining techniques and using systematic desensitisation to gradually expose him to increasingly smaller enclosed spaces.
Providing David with psychoeducation about his phobia and prescribing him a long-term antidepressant to manage his overall anxiety levels.
Using cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to challenge David’s irrational thoughts about elevators, alongside advising him to avoid elevators whenever possible to reduce anxiety.
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In this unit students explore the demand for sleep and the influences of sleep on mental wellbeing. They consider how changes to a person’s sleep-wake cycle can affect psychological functioning. Students explore the concept of mental wellbeing, including social and emotional wellbeing as a multidimensional and holistic framework. They apply a biopsychosocial approach to specific phobia, exploring how biological, psychological and social factors are involved in its development and management. A student-designed scientific investigation involving the generation of primary data related to mental processes and mental wellbeing is undertaken in either Unit 3 or Unit 4 or across both Units 3 and 4, and is assessed in Outcome 3 of this unit.
In this area of study students explore mental wellbeing in terms of social and emotional wellbeing, levels of functioning, and resilience to cope with and manage change. They consider mental wellbeing as a continuum influenced by internal and external factors. Students apply a biopsychosocial approach to specific phobia, investigating biological, psychological and social factors in its development and management. Students also consider the importance of cultural determinants as integral to the wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
evidence-based interventions and their use for specific phobia, with reference to the use of short-acting anti-anxiety benzodiazepine agents (GABA agonists) in the management of phobic anxiety and breathing retraining (biological); the use of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and systematic desensitisation as psychotherapeutic treatments of phobia (psychological); and psychoeducation for families/supporters with reference to challenging unrealistic or anxious thoughts and not encouraging avoidance behaviours (social)
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