PSY100H1 Study Guide - Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Acute Stress Reaction
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Anxiety: unpleasant feeling of fear and apprehension, stress, worry, fear of worst happening. Beck anxiety inventory: 21-question multiple choice report inventory used for measuring the severity of an individual"s anxiety. Anxiety disorders: phobia, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, acute stress disorder. Unwarranted fears caused by the presence or anticipation of a specific object or situation i. e, bllod injuries/ injection, situation specific, animal specific: social phobia. Persistent, irrational fear linked to the presence of other people. Generalized: more severe impairment, great deal of comorbidity, early onset: therapies for phobia. Virtual reality (create hierarchy, safe, low drop out) Flooding (last resort, force person to face fear, touch handle: panic disorder. Sudden, inexplicable attack of symptoms: laboured breathing, heart palpations, nausea, chest pain, feelings of choking and smothering, dizziness, sweating, trembling, feelings of impending doom, variable in frequency (minutes) Uncued or both- can"t just have cued. Agoraphobia scared of leaving the house: generalized anxiety disorder.
