PSYCH 115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Psych, Agoraphobia
Document Summary
Disturbance is not due to substance abuse. Disturbance not better explained by another mental health disorder. Involuntary movements (e. g. sudden jerking of limbs, movement of jaw, etc) Sometimes tics are used as compulsive behaviors performed to relieve anxiety associated with obsessions. Similar generalized biological vulnerability to having anxiety in general. One study found that 86% of patients benefit. No added benefit from combined treatment with drugs. A preoccupation with some imagined defect in appearance. Actual defect, if present, appears slight to others. Preoccupation with one or more defects or flaws in physical appearance that. Fully 76. 4% had sought this type of treatment and 66% were receiving it. 8% to 25% of all patients who request plastic surgery may have bdd. Plastic surgery are small or not observable to others. Excessively collecting and keeping items with minimal value, leading to cluttering and disruption of living space.
