PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Amygdala, Fugue State, Dissociative Identity Disorder
8 Dec 2013
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Anxiety disorders: frequency and intensity of anxiety is dependant on the situation, anxiety interferes with daily life, there are five types of anxiety. Anxious anticipation interferes with concentration: physical symptoms. Panic disorder: anxiety response occurs suddenly and is very intense. Many minutes of intense dread or terror. A feeling of need to escape: the person lives in fear of the next attack, changes their behaviour to prevent these attacks. Phobias: strong, irrational fears of objects or situations. Most develop during childhood, adolescence, or young adulthood: uncontrollable desire to avoid the object of the phobia, seldom go away on their own, can intensify over time, common phobias include: Repetitive behavioural response as as attempt to ease the anxiety from bad thoughts. Post-traumatic stress disorder: about 10-15% of people who experience trauma not only have burned-in memories, but also four weeks to a lifetime of: Insomnia or sleep problems: explanations from different perspectives:
