PSYC 3140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, Mental Disorder, Locus Coeruleus

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3140
• Professor: Vas.Valoo

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Spe cific phobia s: people with the s e have persist e n t and irration a l fear of a par ticula r obje c t, activity, or situ a tio n. Agora p h o bi a : fear of trav elin g to pu blic plac e s. Panic disord e r : have rec urr e n t atta c k s of terror: most individu als with an anxie t y disor d e r suffer from a sec o n d as well. Is com m o n in west e r n socie t y. 4% of th e us has sym p t o m s of gad. 6% exp e rie n c e it at so me point in th eir live s. It first app e a r s in childh ood or ad ole sc e n c e.