PSY 3171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Sleep Disorder, Confined Space, Agoraphobia
6 Dec 2016
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Fear: immediate alarm reaction: activation of sympathetic nervous system. Mood state, somatic symptoms (butterflies, tense, jittery, etc). Worrying that something in the future might happen. Panic: immediate alarm reaction: more intense. False alarm: sympathetic nervous system acting up, but no legitimate threat to survival. Medium arousal is normal, high arousal is when we feel anxious. 55% of people with one anxiety disorder meet criteria for another mood or anxiety disorder. May meet multiple criteria: one disorder contributes to another, differential diagnoses : Gathering all info and looking at what is the same, what is different, what can be used to rule something out, etc: share same cause. Two generalized vulnerabilities: biological and psychological: vulnerabilities make someone more likely to develop mental health issues. Generalized psychological vulnerability: world is uncontrollable/unpredictable (cid:498)world is unsafe, ) can"t reach my goals(cid:499, depending on way you think about a specific object or situation, determine what kind of anxiety disorder you will have based on these.
