PSYC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Posttraumatic Growth
16 Dec 2018
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder: obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) recurrent, persistent, unwished-for thoughts or images (obsessions) and repetitive, ritualized behaviors to avoid disaster (compulsions, most often present in teenagers and young adults. Post-traumatic stress disorder: post-traumatic stress disorder, symptoms, haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal. Mood disorders: mood disorders psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes, major depressive disorder, signs of depression last two weeks or more and are not caused by drugs or medical conditions. Loss of interest in activities: changes in sleep and appetite, difficulty thinking or concentrating. Thoughts of death or suicide: percent of participants with short allele of 5-htt gene who experienced major depression episode. 4+ stressful life events: 33: percent of participants without short allele of 5-htt gene who experienced major depression episode. 4+ stressful life events: 16: major depression. Link to suicide: bipolar disorder (formerly manic-depressive disorder, alternation between depression and mania, depressive symptoms, gloomy, withdrawn, slowness of thought.
