Psychology 2320A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Selective Mutism, Separation Anxiety Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder
16 Apr 2016
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Chapter 11 anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorders. Anxiety disorders are among the most common mental health problems in children and adolescents, but they often go unnoticed and untreated. Anxiety is an adaptive emotion that prepares youngsters to cope with potentially threating people, objects, or events, strong negative emotions, physical tension, and apprehensive anticipation of future danger or misfortune characterize it. The symptoms of anxiety are expressed through three interrelated response systems: physical, cognitive, and behavioral. Fear is present-oriented emotional reaction to current danger. In contrast, anxiety is a future-oriented emotion characterized by feelings of apprehension and a lack of control over upcoming events that might be threatening. Fears, anxieties, worries and rituals in children are common, change with age, and follow a predictable developmental pattern with respect to type. Dsm-5 specifies several types of anxiety and related disorders based on types of reaction and avoidance.
