This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Treatment in psychiatry, Subject name: Anatomy
applied tension is used in which type of phobia 
Select and explain. 
A. claustrophobia, B. thanatophobia, C. blood injection phobia, D. hydrophobia
C: blood injection phobia
Answer: C: blood injection phobia 
Explanation: Applied tension is used for blood injection phobia where there is hypotension and falls, in these patients falls is because of vasodilatations when we use applied tension there may be constriction of hand and leg muscles which prevents vasodilation and prevents falls. Ref. kaplon and sadock, synopsis of psychiatry, 11 th edition, pg no. 845