A Patient Describes Feeling an Unreasonable, Irrational Fear of Snakes

Multiple Choice

A patient describes feeling an unreasonable, irrational fear of snakes. His fear is so persistent that he can no longer comfortably look at even pictures of snakes and has made an effort to identify all the places he might encounter a snake and avoids them. What is the best description of this patient's condition?

A) A snake phobia
B) A hypochondriac
C) An obsession with snakes
D) A delusion that snakes are harmful stemming from an early traumatic incident involving snakes