PSY 3171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Intrusive Thought

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3171
• Professor: Mary Theresa Howard

Document Summary

Anxiety exaggerated feelings that normal people experience. Disorder gets in the way of social occupation and behaviour is dysfunctional. Abnormal behaviour was perceived as religiously connected, but today biological and psychosocial components are considered. Dsm uses behavioural de nitions to diagnose people: based on symptom count the person will be put into a category. Problem labelling: leads to stigma and ignores many factors such as culture, many people don"t want to seek treatment due to this. Anxiety normal functioning alarm system in the brain is malfunctioning. Anxiety disorders are a combination of fear, panic and anxiety. General anxiety worrying about life events beyond a normal amount and it is maladaptive. Panic fight or ight mode for no reason: ex: feeling like you are being chased by a bear but there is no bear. Ptsd intrusive and reoccurring thoughts of memory that create fear: psychological preparedness can protect someone from having ptsd. Avoidance is common with all of these disorders.