PSY100Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Panic Attack, Panic Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder

• School: UTM
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100Y5
• Professor: Dax Urbszat

Document Summary

What is abnormal behavior: don"t judge abnormal what he see or not, 3 criteria: Can be to themselves or other around them: significant impairment and functioning. General practitioner have special training in specific diagnoses: clinical psychologist, psych associate. Fear: what"s the difference between anxiety and fear, anxiety. Feeling that one cannot predict or control upcoming events: fear. Panic attack: criteria for a panic attack. Discrete period of intense fear/discomfort in which at least 4 symptoms developed abruptly and reached a peak w/in 10 minutes. Panic attack is an intense fear - very common. Panic and don"t know why - could be panic disorder. Generalized anxiety disorder (gad: panic disorder. And one month of concern about additional attacks. Worry about the implications of the attack or its consequences. A significant change in behavior related to the attacks: agoraphobia. Anxiety about being places/situations from which escape might be difficult or embarrassing in the event of a panic attack.