PSYC 362 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Social Anxiety Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Clothing
14 Aug 2016
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Anxiety may involve reduced levels of benzodiazepine receptors and lowered sensitivity to sensitivity to an unknown endogenous benzodiazepine agonist. Cck-4 is a peptide that induces panic attack in pd patients. Panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and social anxiety disorder. Social anxiety disorder a disorder characterized by excessive fear of being exposed to the scrutiny of other people that leads to avoidance. Symptoms of ocd are similar across differing cultures: cleanliness for example. People with ocd are unlikely to get married. The four categories of compulsions include: counting (am i missing a dollar? , cleaning (hands, house; washing, drying, and folding clothes, checking ( did i turn the stove off? , avoidance (i. e. , dirt) Compulsions may represent exaggerations and pathological examples of normal species-typical behaviors aimed at keeping an animal clean and away from danger. Ocd is linked with a particular neurological syndrome.
