PS280 Lecture 4: PS280- Week 4
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Involuntary symptoms: panic disorder, pharmacological treatments (applies to most anxiety disorders, benzodiazepines, example: ativan, antidepressants, example: paxil, prozac (ssri) Interferes with life functioning: school functioning, occupational functioning, less likely to marry, commonly feared/avoided situations. Internal self-focus: attentional bias toward threat, negative self-image, enter social situation very self-conscious, e. g. goes to a party and thinks she"s blushing and, anticipatory and post-event processing looks like a tomato. Inhibitory system that decreases anxiety: etiology- cognitive, people with gad tend to , perceive threatening events as uncontrollable. Intolerance of uncertainty: show high sensitivity to threat. Tries to suppress or eliminate (increase anxiety/distress: compulsions: thoughts or actions to suppress the obsessions and. Provide relief (in hopes of decreasing anxiety, people come us with these compulsions: can be thoughts/images/actions, significant distress and/or time consuming, time consuming is defined as more than an hour in their day. Insight: good (they know its unnecessary but does it anyways),
