PSY 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 35: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Acute Stress Reaction, Generalized Anxiety Disorder
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Anxiety disorders: characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety, generalized anxiety disorder (gad) Ans is constantly in a state of arousal. Must exhibit symptoms for six months to be diagnosed with gad: panic disorder. Smokers have a doubled risk of developing panic disorder: phobias. Persistent irrational fear and avoidance of a specific objective, activity or situation. Social anxiety disorder (social phobia: often comorbid with agoraphobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) Must exhibit symptoms (e. g. haunting nightmares, insomnia) for 4 weeks: *if less than four weeks its terms acute stress disorder* Harder it is in that moment, the higher the risk for these symptoms. Dissociative disorders: did, exhibiting two or more distinct personalities. Starvation does not eat: bulimia nervosa. Binging, followed by guilt, distress, or disgust: risk factors. Most prevalent in women and gay men. Personality disorder: characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning. Dramatic/impulsive behavior: histrionic, narcissistic, anti-social, anti-social pd.
