PSY 30312 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Specific Phobia, Comorbidity
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Panic disorder: display recurrent unexpected panic attacks followed by at least one month of persistent concern or worry about having another attack significant change in behavior to avoid having another attack. Usually short with symptoms reaching maximum intensity in 10 minutes or less and then diminishing slowly over the next 30 minutes. Feel an overwhelming sense of imminent danger or impending doom and an urge to escape. Have bodily experiences of anxiety that the patient will be ok with. Prevents people from avoiding things by inducing the panic attack. Adolescent females= twice as likely to experience panic attacks: average age at onset of first panic attack in adolescents= 15 to 19 years old . 95% with the disorder are post pubertal: most frequent prior disturbance= depressive disorder, pd and agoraphobia are stable over time= lowest complete remission rates for any of the anxiety disorders. Agoraphobia: refers to the extreme fear of at least two of the following:
