Psychology 2310A/B Lecture Notes - Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Acute Stress Reaction, Generalized Anxiety Disorder

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2310A/B
• Professor: Rod Martin

Document Summary

If you"re really anxious and worried about something you find it hard to focus on other things; go over the same things in your mind; loss of control, feeling of helplessness; constantly looking for cues for danger. Interferes with functioning interfering with ability to work, to form relationships. Anxiety disorders are the most common group of mental disorders 25% lifetime prevalence. Phobias (including specific phobias, social phobia, and agoraphobia) Persistent, excessive, unreasonable fear cued by a specific object or situation. Phobic situation is avoided or endured with intense distress. May have been a reason from a childhood experience or may have just developed. Interferes significantly with functioning, or marked distress about having phobia. Blood-injection-injury; phobic of getting a needle or the sight of blood. Persistent, irrational fear linked to social or performance situations. Fear of negative evaluation (being humiliated or embarrassed) e. g. , fear of public speaking, urinating in public washrooms, eating in front of others.