PSYCH 2AP3 Lecture Notes - Acute Stress Reaction, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
15 Jun 2013
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Most of us has experienced anxiety but not to the same extend first discovered by sigmund freud social phobia & specific phobias. Anxiety disorders in dsm-iv specific phobia social phobia. Anxiety disorder due to a general medical condition. Anxiety disorder not otherwise specified (nos) substance-induced anxiety disorder. Pervasive worry occurring on most days occurring for more than 6 months, have trouble controlling anxiety. Person is not worried about having a disorder. Motor tension symptoms:: muscle tension, trembling, shaking, muscle aches, soreness, restlessness, fatigue. Autonomic hyperactivity symptoms: tachycardia (rapid heart beat), sweating, dizziness, nausea (difficulty digesting, loss of appetite), gi complaints. Vigilance, scanning symptoms: exaggerated startle response, trouble concentrating, irritability, trouble falling or staying asleep. Usually starts in 20s or 30s, with high proportion in childhood or adolescence. Most common anxiety disorder among young, old. Easier to meet the criteria if you are a child.
