PSYC 217 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Fugue State, Hand Washing, Generalized Anxiety Disorder
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Who gets sick: ~2 percent of the population, most cases develop in their late teens-early 20s the prognosis is good: there are good behavioural and drug treatments for this disorder. Post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd: ptsd is characterized by intense fear, helplessness, or horror (disorganized/agitated behaviour in children) resulting from the experience of an extremely traumatic event, first thought of soldiers, extended to people tortured, raped, motor vehicle accidents. The remainder experience both. (know that their thoughts are not (cid:374)or(cid:373)al, (cid:271)ut the(cid:455) (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t help it(cid:895) Additional notes the obsessions/compulsions are extreme in ocd. for a diagnosis of ocd the obsessions/compulsions must be present in the absence of other identifiable disorders. infatuation is not ocd: perfectionism is (usually) not ocd. Who gets sick: ~2. 5% of the population little gender difference, onset is usually in the late teens to early 20s (slightly younger onset in males) like many anxiety disorders, the prognosis for recovery--given some treatment--is quite good.
