PSY342H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Phobia, Htc, Wok
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Anxiety is prob most pervasive: affective disorders that involve heightened physiological mental disorder arousal and a sense of fear, psychological (more subjective), physiological (more objective), and observable/bhvr components seen across societies. Valium, adavan, diazepam: symptoms of withdrawal can be as serve as symptoms of disorder, life threatening, anxiety is normal, it motivates you to do things, anxiety disorders are ongoing, doesn"t go away, cognitive therapy, no withdrawal, no addiction, works as well as drugs, problem: schema change is slow and hard. Perhaps most common type of disorder: lifetime prevalence (25% of ppl will develop one, dysfunctional (dsm v now includes disorder of abuse: gambling disorder, general anxiety disorder, chronic high level of anxiety associated w an emotion (fear, ex. if you"re anxious even after you get an a on that test, not tied to a specific threat which means you shouldn"t have it, duration.