PSYCH257 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder
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Sense that one cannot predict or control upcoming events. Evolved threat system: activated in response to dangers in the external environment, in humans, activated by dangers that are: Multifaceted: physiology, cognition, behaviour and motivation. Pervasive and persistent symptoms of anxiety and fear dysfunction. Clinically significant distress or impairment distress or impairment: generalized anxiety disorder (gad) Excessive anxiety and worry and about a range of events or activities. Worry about multiple themes: financial, health, etc. Medication, psychological treatment mainly cbt, shifting behavioral patterns. Productive worrying vs unproductive worrying, focusing on problem solving. Genes (muscle tension; more likely to have if a parent has it) Can be addictive, effective for short term, withdrawal symptoms after a few weeks of use. At least on attack followed by 1 month (or more) of one or both of: concern or worry about subsequent attacks or consequences (dsm-5, maladaptive behavioral changes related to attacks. No longer a specifier of panic disorder.
