PSY 3330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Specific Phobia
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Anxiety and related disorders: anxiety, difference between fear and anxiety. So what does this mean: maybe they share some similarities in the neurobiology of these conditions, gad who knows, main defining feat- there is not one specific direction in the anxiety. So things like pmr or deep breathing: anxiety management training, focused on combo of cognitive restructuring and relaxing, meds, etiology: decreased gaba activity, benzos and antidepressants. Combination of both techniques allows for better long term relief: pd- panic disorder, dsm criteria. Hallmark feature is frequent occurrence of panic attacks. Is an experience where a person feels this overwhelming sense of dread paired with sympathetic activity like increased hr and sweating. It is the fear of being in a situation or place that a person cannot escape to the extent that it affects their daily functioning: why might this develop, no right/wrong answer, treatment.
