PSYC 440 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Social Anxiety Disorder, Avoidant Personality Disorder, Panic Disorder
27 Apr 2018
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Lecture 18 – Anxiety Disorders (Social Anxiety Disorders, Panic Disorder & GAD)
• Paper
1. Pay attention to the Panel
2. Disregard uncertainties and everything after that.
• Social Anxiety Disorder
1. SAD:
a. Facts:
- Prevalence:
i. 6.8%
- M/F ratio:
ii. 1:1
- Not clearly linked to early trauma
- Potential genes (but not consistent)
- In children, greater behavioral inhibition predicts social anxiety later on.
- Study results:
i. People take more time to read words associated with anxiety
- Perceived poor social skills:
i. Most people with SAD seem to possess adequate social skills, but
they are inhibited when it comes to applying them in social situations
2. Social Phobia:
a. Symptoms:
- Fear that will act in a way that is embarrassing
- Experiencing anxiety in social situations
- Recognizing that the fear is excessive but still experience it
- Use of safety behaviors (i.e. behaviors that are intended to reduce the
distess o hide a peso’s aiet
- Avoidance or severe anxiety
- Panic attacks (uncommon, but not unexpected)
b. Diagnosis:
- Often not easy:
i. People with SAD are scared to be embarrassed or rejected so they
may not seek help
ii. Autism
iii. Avoidant Personality Disorder
iv. Schizoid Personality Disorder
3. Social Anxiety in Childhood/Adolescence:
a. Predictive of:
- Anxiety disorder in adulthood
- Less education, lower income, and more stressful life events later in life
- Mental health problems (e.g., substance abuse and MDD).
4. Brain Mechanisms (we’e ot too sue; nothing really specific for SAF):
a. Increased bottom-up activation (e.g., amygdala) and reduced top-down brain
regulation (e.g., dorsal PFC)
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Document Summary
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