PSY 3171 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Panic Attack, Panic Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3171
• Professor: Allison Jane Ouimet

Document Summary

Textbook chapter 5: anxiety, trauma-related, and obsessive-compulsive disorders. Anxiety: state of mood characterised by marked negative affect and bodily symptoms of tension in which a person apprehensively anticipates future danger or misfortune. Anxiety may involve feelings, behaviours, and physiological responses. Behaviours or physiological response originating in the brain and reflected with increased heart rate and muscle tension. We perform better when we are a little anxious. Physical and intellectual performances are driven and enhanced by anxiety. Severe anxiety even when we know we really have nothing to be afraid of, we remain anxious. Future-oriented mood state because we can"t predict or control upcoming events. Fear: immediate emotional alarm reaction to present danger or life-threatening emergencies. Immediate emotional reaction to current danger characterized by strong escapist action tendencies and often surge in the sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system. Panic attack: abrupt experience of intense fear or discomfort accompanied by physical symptoms such as dizziness or heart palpitations.