PSY 352 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Panic Disorder, Panic Attack, Trichotillomania
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Gave key-note address to 20,000 people for 4th graders. He believes in himself, he can do anything, create anything, become anything. Message to teachers: don"t give up on his classmates or your colleagues. They need to believe in themselves and their students. 18 months - all children feel anxiety upon separation. Specific phobias used to be known as simple phobias. Panic disorder is different from panic attack. Over 50% of us have one panic attack at some time of our life. Agoraphobia means fear of the market place) The place they feel comfy in gets smaller and smaller with time and then they start to feel trapped. Generalized anxiety - worry mushrooms popping up. Body dimorphic disorder - irrational belief that some part of their body is totally horrible and unacceptable. Hoarding disorder - the formal way to address the behavior you"ve seen on tv. Trichotillomania and excoriation are both compulsive in nature. Hair pulling and skin picking disorder respectively.
