PSY 3171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Anxiety Disorder
20 Nov 2017
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Ex: a spider in the shower keeping you from showering. Ex: if a concern about being rejected becomes a behaviour where you don"t associate w/ people. Ex: when being so stressed about exams makes it harder to study. Most fearful reactions are normal and aren"t that di erent from anxiety. The graph when you get to high it brings up anxiety disorders. To develop an anxiety disorder, people must be afraid of something. Ex: the future, public speaking, germs, heights. But it"s not just fear, it"s how we respond to things in the environment. They learn that it works their anxiety is gone once they"re not high up. (dsm-5) the table is by barlowe on panic attacks during relaxation and sleep. Need 4/13 to be diagnosed with panic disorder! 55% of people w/ one anxiety disorder meet criteria for another mood or anxiety disorder.
