PSY 805 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Bipolar Disorder, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Intermittent Explosive Disorder
13 Oct 2016
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Adjustment, stress and coping lecture notes, october 3rd 2016. Fear is the emotion experience in response to concrete danger, anxiety is complex feelings of uneasiness to possible impending threats; both fight or flight. Generalized anxiety disorder: excessive, uncontrollable anxiety and worry, symptoms include fatigue, muscle tension, irritability and concentration problems, common co- morbidity of depression, women > men, onset in childhood/adolescence, transition periods. Panic disorder: repeated panic attacks and worry about future attacks, symptoms include chest pains, rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath (like heart attack), involves intense fear, anxiety sensitivity, and interoceptive sensitivity (feel inner processes) Phobia: unreasonable fear of object, situation, or activity, 3 categories include agoraphobia (public places), social (social activity), and specific. Ocd: involve obsessions (thoughts or impulses that cause rise in anxiety) and compulsions (ritualistic behavior designed to lower anxiety), 6-15 for females and 20-29 for males (younger in females)
