CLP 3140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, Anxiety Disorder
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What distinguishes fear from anxiety: fear is the body"s response to a serious threat to one"s well-being, anxiety is the body"s response to a vague sense of being in danger. How are they alike: both have the same physiological features and prepare us for action, both increase respiration, perspiration, muscle tension, and others. Most individuals with one anxiety disorder also suffer from a second one. Dsm-5 anxiety disorder: generalized anxiety disorder (gad, specific phobias, agoraphobia, social anxiety disorder, panic disorder. Anxiety also plays a major role in different groups of problems: obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) and obsessive-compulsive related disorders. Usually first appears in childhood and adolescence. Women diagnosed more often than men (2:1) For 6 months or more, person experiences disproportionate, uncontrollable, and ongoing anxiety and worry about multiple matters. : 2. The symptoms included at least three of the following: edginess, fatigue, poor concentration, irritability, muscle tension, sleep problems: 3.
