PSY 338 Lecture 7: PSY338 Anxiety Disorders
22 Mar 2017
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Description of anxiety disorders: anxiety: a mood state characterized by strong negative emotion and bodily symptoms of tension in anticipation of future danger or misfortune. Involve experiencing excessive and debilitating anxieties; occurs in many forms: many children with anxiety disorders suffer from more than one type. There are 9 categories that define the features of anxiety disorders: separation anxiety disorder (sad, generalized anxiety disorder (gad, specific phobia, social phobia (social anxiety disorder, ocd, panic disorder (pd, panic disorder with agoraphobia, ptsd, acute stress disorder. Significant associations exist between nearly all anxiety disorders: separation anxiety disorder (sad, age-inappropriate, excessive, and disabling anxiety about being apart from parents or away from home. In some cases, may become a chronic psychiatric disorder, persisting for a lifetime: cognitive behavior therapy (cbt) may be helpful. Associated characteristics: cognitive disturbances: disturbance in how info is perceived and processed. May be unique to anxious children: predictors and environmental influences are different.
