PSYC 3390 Study Guide - Final Guide: Mental Disorder, Bupropion, Crack Cocaine

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3390
• Professor: Heather Mc Lean

Document Summary

Anxiety negaive mood state characterized by bodily symptoms. Panic atack: intense fear or discomfort -> two types: cued and uncued. Involved with the neurotransmiter gaba, crf, limbic system, bis, ffs & genes. Comorbidity is a major factor here as well. Four main criteria: cogniive avoidance, poor problem orientaion, worrying too much and intolerance to uncertainty. Agoraphobia: avoidance and fear of a situaion where they feel unsafe and cannot escape. They must develop anxiety over the possibility of having another atack. Nocturnal panic: most frequent between 1:30 & 3:30 am during delta wave sleep. They may also experience isolated sleep paralysis (between sleep and waking) How you process your feelings plays a huge role. Situaional type (do not experience atacks outside of the context of their phobia) Causes: observing someone experience the fear, informaion transmission or a false alarm. Focus on the fact that they will embarrass themselves only when others are present, they may blush, sweat, bashful bladder or tremble.