PSY240H1 Lecture Notes - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor, Cognitive Restructuring, Barbiturate
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Chapter 6: anxiety disorders: anxiety is an unpleasant feeling of fear and apprehension, dsm proposes 6 categories. An anxiety disorder is diagnosed when feelings of anxiety are clearly present: phobias, panic disorder. Fear & avoidance of objects or situations that do not present any real danger. Experience of uncontrollable thoughts, impulses, or images (obsessions) and repetitive behaviours or mental acts (compulsions: posttraumatic stress disorder. Aftermath of traumatic experience in which the person experiences increased arousal, avoidance of stimuli associated with the event, and anxiety in recalling the event: acute stress disorder. 16% of women and 9% of men suffer from anxiety disorders (mostly women 15-24 years) Phobias: phobia: a disrupting, fear mediated avoidance that is out of proportion to the danger actually posed and is recognized by the sufferer as groundless. Examples: fear of heights, closed spaces, snakes or spiders. The person suffers intense distress and social or occupational impairment because of the anxiety.
