Tina and her parents live on a farm where field mice are very common. One night a mouse crawled on Tina while she was sleeping. The experience frightened Tina so badly that she is now afraid of mice. She avoids any situation in which she might come across a mouse. She always checks her bed carefully each night. Which diagnosis would Tina likely meet criteria for?

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Tina's fear is specific to mice, which falls under the animal type phobia category. The fact that she checks her bed each night and avoids situations where she may come across a mouse indicates a significant level of distress and interference in her daily life, meeting the criteria for a phobia.

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