PSYCH 14 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Expose, Panic Attack
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Negative state characterized by bodily symptoms of physical tension and by apprehension about the future. Panic attack- abrupt experience of intense fear or acute discomfort accompanied by physical symptoms that usually include heart palpitations, chest pain, shortness of breath, and possibly dizziness. Situation bound (cued), unexpected (uncued), situationally predisposed. Biological contributions- genetic components to panic and anxiety- but not direct cause. Limbic system (area of brain associated with anxiety) Behavioral inhibition system: activated by signals from brain stem of unexpected events. (e. g. danger) Fight/flight system (ffs): brain stem, travels through midbrain. Involved in panic serotonin defencies activate this partially. Generalized biological vulnerability- heritable contribution to negative effect. Generalize psychological vulnerability- perception -> e. g. physical sensations potentially dangerous. Specific psychological vulnerability- early experience; sense that events are uncontrollable/unpredictable. Comorbidity- two or more disorders occurring in 1 person. Generalized anxiety disorder (gad)- highly sensitive to threat. Cognitive behavioral therapy (cbt)- and setraline antidepressiant drug.
