PCTH 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Hypoventilation, Palpitations, Nonbenzodiazepine
21 Nov 2017
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Anxiety disorders: characterized by excessive, exaggerated, irrational fear and dread. Include panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and various phobias (social phobia, agoraphobia (fear of crowded/public spaces), specific phobia: affects ~12% of the population very prevalent, frequently co-occur with depression. Panic disorder: recurring panic attacks that develop spontaneously and lead to persistent worry about subsequent attacks, panic attacks have an abrupt, rapid onset and reach peak severity within 10 min. Generalized anxiety: chronic, uncontrollable worry about everyday concerns. Disorder that persists for at least 6 months: symptoms of anxiety with no real focus. Social phobia: fear of judgment, public scrutiny, embarrassment, social interactions, leads to avoidance, fear of being in situations from which escape may be embarrassing or difficult, do not feel safe in public places. Irrational fear of specific objects or situations: anticipate terrifying consequences. Benzodiazepines (bzds: those used as anxiolytics have medium and long durations of action, fast onset of action (<1 hour)
