101681 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Separation Anxiety Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, Anxiety Disorder
3 Sep 2018
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The anxiety disorders: cluster of symptoms that share excessive fear, anxiety, and related behavioural disturbances (apa, 2013, fear: emotional response to threat, anxiety: anticipation of future threat, not just being "overly anxious", rather, specific cognitive basis. Irrational/ unrealistic beliefs: recurrent behavioural symptoms, passive = avoidance, active = washing hands. Separation anxiety disorder: panic disorder, agoraphobia, generalised anxiety disorder. Specific phobia: marked distress/ fear in response to a specific object or situation, e. g. flying, heights, animals, blood etc, recall from last: Immediate fear & always occurs: out of proportion to actual danger, 6x month duration. Separation anxiety disorder: excessive distress when separated from those to whom the individual is attached (bogels et al. Fear about possible scrutiny or negative evaluation from others: e. g. social events, speeches, being seen while out (apa, 2013) Fear of the market place - requires: fear of two or more, public transport, open/ enclosed spaces, being outside of the home alone.
