PSY-2212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Limbic System
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Multiple genes involved: limbic system dysfunctions (hpa axis) Low gaba; high crf: infuenced by environment . Marijuana use and onset of panic disorder. Psychosocial contributions: parenting (lowers risk for disorders) Allows children to fail: experience (increases risk for disorders) Major losses, hardships, or traumas can trigger development of disorder. Overall : as discussed in book, there are multiple causal factors in many instances of anxiety disorder. 3 criteria for psychological disorder: psychological dysfunction. Cognitions, emotions, and or behaviors: distress/ impairment. Social, educational, relational, vocational, self-care, safety, etc: dysfunction unexpected (cultural standards) Gad characteristics: heightened sensitivity to potential threats. Constant focus on and mental elaboration of worried thoughts. Borkevec: actually represents a failed coping mechanism (avoids imagery verbal worry: less severe physiological (automatic) arousal than in other anxiety disorders. But chronin muscle tension is common and can lead to . Stomach distress: sleep disturbances are very common, what are the most common areas of worry/ anxiety for adults with gad.
