PSYC 3F20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Cognitive Restructuring, Habituation, Amygdala
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Midterm: 20 multiple choice(some things will deal with diagnosis), 2 10 mark short answers (etiology and treatment) Etiology: some people are more likely to have initial panic attacks to set the disorder in motion, the attacks themselves are not a disorder, it"s the anxiety and worry that follows it. Some people become more anxious about future panic attacks because, some people catastrophise physiological arousal, attention is focused on the arousal, which makes them more anxious about it. If they have self-efficacy they will be less likely to continue having panic attacks. People will avoid panic attacks and fear them because some people have anxiety sensitivity; they view the psychological arousal as dangerous. Panic control treatment is a form of cbt for panic disorder. You create things like dizziness, unreality, and shortness of breath. By doing these exercises in an office, it demonstrates that is safe for these things to happen and the individual is not going to die.
