PSY240H1 Lecture : lecture note
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Anxiety can be transient can pop up in any given situation only when exposed to spiders, Or present all day long, tense on edge all day long. Normal anxiety and level be anxiety disorder. The relationships among anxiety, fear and panic attack. Anxiety negative effect, outlook of threat rather then past like depression, somatic symptoms of tension, future orientated, feelings that one cannot control upcoming events. Fear negative effect, strong sympathtetic nervous system arousal, immediate alarm reaction, characterized by strong. High levels of fear focus on panic attacks. Agoraphobia person expects to have panic attack, fear of market place, restaurants and so on, Obsessive-compulsion disorder, intrusions, impule, followed by compulsive rituals to reduce. Social phobia excesses fear of being judged by other. Post traumatic stress disorder, unwanted intrusions about that trauma, avoiding things remind them of the situation. Acute stress disoreder, time fram different 4 weeks following a traumatic event.
