PSYB32H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Acute Stress Reaction, Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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Anxiety: that unpleasant feeling of fear and apprehension. Anxiety disorders: diagnosed when subjectively experienced feelings of anxiety are clearly present, dsm-iv-tr proposes six categories: Fear and avoidance of objects of situations that do not present any real danger. Recurrent panic attacks involving a sudden onset of physiological symptoms, such as dizziness, rapid heart rate, accompanied by terror and feelings of impending doom; sometimes accompanied by agoraphobia, a fear of being in public place. The experience of uncontrollable thoughts, impulses, or images (obsessions) and repetitive behaviors or mental acts (compulsions) Aftermath of a traumatic experience in which the person experiences increased arousal, avoidance of stimuli associated with the event, and anxiety in recalling the event. Symptoms are the same as those of ptsd, but last for four weeks or less. A high rate of childhood maltreatment has been linked to greater symptom severity and poorer quality of life and function in people seeking treatment for generalized social anxiety disorder (sad)

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