PSYC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Histrionic Personality Disorder, Anxiety Disorder, Paranoid Personality Disorder
22 Jan 2015
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Discrete period of intense fear or discomfort, which usually peaks within. Racing heart, sweating, trembling, shortness of breath, etc. Depersonalization (detached from self), fear of dying, fear of. 0 obsessions: persistent, intrusive thoughts, images and impulses. 0 causes of anxiety disorders: different genes contribute to the anxiety disorders, neuroimaging studies: different anxiety disorders have different biological bases. Psyc1101: conditioning: role of learning in anxiety disorders. 0 more mild, but still chronic (at least 2 years) 0 mania: a distinct period of particularly elevated or irritable mood, lasting at least 1 week. Important hereditary components: a disruption of neurotransmission involving the norepinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin systems. 0 from greek split mind (although this is a misnomer) 0 schizophrenia: three types of symptoms, positive symptoms (e. g. , delusions, hallucinations, disorganized behavior, negative symptoms (e. g. , an absence of emotional expression, cognitive symptoms (e. g. , impairments in working memory and attentional control) 0 period of diminished oxygen supply to the newborn.
