Leah gets anxious and her blood pressure drops whenever she sees a small drop of blood. What disorder would Leah likely meet criteria for?

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Leah's symptoms indicate a specific phobia related to blood, injections, or injury. This is known as blood-injection-injury type phobia. Situational type phobia involves fear of specific situations, such as flying or enclosed spaces, while social phobia involves fear of social situations and natural environment type phobia involves fear of natural phenomena such as storms or heights.

Leah Gets Anxious and Her Blood Pressure Drops Whenever She