PSYCH 360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Acute Stress Reaction
20 Apr 2016
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Most common mental disorders in the u. s: in any given year, 18% of the adult population in the u. s. experience one of the six dsm-5 anxiety disorders. Close to 29% develop one of the disorders at some point in their lives. Only one-fifth of these individuals seek treatment. Most individuals with one anxiety disorder also suffer from a second disorder. Symptoms: restlessness, fatigue; difficulty concentrating, muscle tension, and/or sleep problems: symptoms must last at least six months. Usually first appears in childhood or adolescence. Around one-quarter of those with gad are currently in treatment. According to this theory, gad is most likely to develop in people faced with social conditions that truly are dangerous: research supports this theory (example: three mile island in 19979, hurricane. Run-down communities, higher crime rates, fewer educational and job opportunities, and greater risk for health problems. Initially, theorists suggested that gad is caused by maladaptive assumptions: albert ellis identified basic irrational assumptions.
