CLAUSTROPHOBIA

Ernesto Choquehuanca
Vicente Espino

Facts: Definition

From:

LatinClaustrum: shut in
place
Greek(phbos): fear

The fear of being in

an enclosed space
and having no escape

Facts: Statistics

15% of the
population in the
world has had an
experience of this
phobia in a
moment of their
life
Between 2% and
5% of people
have
claustrophobia.

Facts: Interesting
information

Most
claustrophobics:

Avoid elevators,
driving in a place
with a lot of traffic,
When going to an
enclosed place they
look for the
emergency exit and
stay near these
places

Facts: Causes

This fear is
produced by:

Traumatic
childhood
experience
Unpleasant
experience later
on in life involving
confined spaces

Treatment: Scientific

Treatment for
claustrophobia can
include:

Behavior therapy
Exposure therapy
Drugs therapy
Combination of
several treatments

Treatment:Scientific Behavior therapy

Identifying trigger
points
Recognizing that the
reactions are
learned, not natural.
With visualization
and positive thinking
disassociate feelings
of danger with the
confined space.

Treatment:Scientific Exposure therapy

Flooding, the individual is

exposed to a situation
until the anxiety attack
passes
Counter-conditioning is
less extreme. This
includes behavior
therapy, as the individual
is taught visualization
and relaxation
techniques before being
slowly reintroduced to
the trigger situation

Treatment:Scientific Drugs therapy

Medications
prescribed to help
treat
claustrophobia
include antidepressants and
beta-blockers,
which help to
relieve the heart
pounding
associated with
anxiety attacks.

Treatment:ScientificAlternative therapy

Regression
hypnotherapy:
Is used to remember the
traumatic event that led
to the individual's
claustrophobia.
The patient is taught to
see the event with
adult' eyes, which
decreases the sense of
panic that it has instilled
into their minds.

Stories: Famous people

The Eagles Nest or

Hitlers tea house.
Hitlers house at the
edge of a clif

Hiltler only go few times because of

his Claustrophobia

Stories: Famous people

Paris Hilton was

found guilty and
getting 45 days
in jail

She was liberated because of her

Claustrophobia and serve her
sentence under house arrest

Stories: Famous people

Uma Thurman
confesed her
Claustrophobia

She said the scene when she is

buried alive, she wasnt acting.

Famous People with

Claustrophobia

Scott Berg
Adolf Hitler Paris Hilton
Kellie Pickler

Famous People with

Claustrophobia

Frank Iero Ashley Dupre Justin Bieber

Uma Thurman

Famous People with

Claustrophobia

Woody Allen Naomi Watts

Drew
Barrymore
Boreanaz

David