Kinesiology 2276F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Autonomic Nervous System, Electromyography, Circulatory System

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 2276F/G
• Professor: Craig Hall

Document Summary

Mental illness at one end of spectrum. Mental health at the other end of spectrum. Mental health problems closer to mental illness end of spectrum. Pathological counterpart of normal deaf, manifest by disturbances of mood, as well as of thinking, behaviour and physiological activity. Social phobia / social anxiety disorder: persistent anxiety in social situations (ex: public speaking) Individual is preoccupies with concern that others will notice anxiety symptoms (sweating, trembling of speech: accompanies by anticipatory anxiety days of weeks prior to feared event, more common in women than men. Include overt behaviour (ex: hand washing) and mental acts (ex: counting, praying) Takes long periods of time to complete: disorder has fluctuating course, including periods of increased symptoms, usually linked with life stressors, equally common in men and women. National comorbidity survey: 18. 1% of us adult population will have a diagnosable anxiety disorder, of those individuals diagnosed, 22. 8% are categorized as serious,