Jessie Is So Afraid to Drive Across the Long Bridge

question 346

Multiple Choice

Jessie is so afraid to drive across the long bridge over Lake Pontchartrain that he drives 50 miles out of his way when he visits his mother.Jessie would be diagnosed with

• A) agoraphobia.
• B) acute stress disorder.
• C) a panic disorder.
• D) a specific phobia.

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