PSY 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Venlafaxine, Paroxetine, Clonazepam

• School: St. John's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2200
• Professor: Eric B. Fields

Document Summary

Anxiety - nervous feelings, physicl tension and related complaints, and apprehension (worrying thoughts) Fear - a dramatic spike in physical arousal and anxious feelings that usually leads to fight-flight response. Panic - fear-like response but not to a natural stimulus; usually irrational; prevalent in many anxiety disorders. Excessive anxiety and worry, occurring more days than not for at least 6 months about a number of events or activities (such as work or school performance). The disturbance is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (eg drug abuse or medication) or a general medical condition (eg. hyperthyroidism) 5. 7% of all people will experience gad in their lifetime. Most common in older adults (>45) and least common in adolescents (15-24) More prevalent in white people than other races. Research suggests that these people have a genetic susceptibility to becoming more anxious than others over arousing stimuli and a greater tendency to evaluate them as dangerous.