Psychology 2320A/B Lecture Notes - Etiology, Cognitive Model, Panic Attack
9 Dec 2012
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Anxiety has physical, cognitive, and behavioural manifestations (see table 7-1 in text) Anxiety is normal and often adaptive: anxiety/fear in childhood is common (see table 7-2, rituals almost common. To diagnose, fears need to be persistent, excessive when compare to same-age children, cause harm/impairment. Dsm-iii and iii-r had multiple anxiety disorders specific to children. Dsm-iv: child-specific diagnoses reduced, criteria applicable to children and adults developed: dsm-5 goes even further with separation anxiety disorder. Current: all 9 dsm-iv anxiety disorders concern a fearful/anxious response of some kind: focus of the anxious fear and its expression differs across diagnostic categories. Only anxiety disorder described by dsm-iv as an anxiety disorder of childhood: onset usually age 7-8. Excessive fear over separating from home or attachment figure (e. g. parent) Fear is excessive for developmental stage: separation anxiety is common between 7 months to age 6. Gad has low inter-rater reliability, rarely occurs without another comorbid disorder.
