PSY240H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder
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Anxiety: uneasiness associated w/ an event that might occur. Panic: physiologcal aspect and sypmtoms, here and now, measurable, overt. Fear or panic is a basic emotion that involves activation of the fight-or-flight response. Lots of anxiety can lead to panic: different components. One neuron is from cns form synapse (ach released) goes to affect the functioning of another neuron (ex. Then releases ne to activate heart to pump blood faster. Ach is an important nt for both synapses and periphery. The fear and anxiety response patterns: anxiety is a general feeling of apprehension about possible danger. Anxiety is more oriented to the future and more diffuse than fear (panic/fear = here and now) Psy240 lecture 6: anxiety disorders have unrealistic, irrational fears or anxieties of disabling intensity as their most obvious manifestation. Rational to the person, but overall don"t make a lot of sense. If the anxiety is interfering on their everyday life = irrational.
