PS101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Agoraphobia, Etiology, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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Causes/development history of illness: prognosis: forecast about probable course of illness, comorbidity, categorical approach, dimensional approach: when one has some (but not all) of criteria for disorder; Proposes it is useful to think of abnormal behavior as a disease: anxiety disorders:class of disorders marked by feelings of excessive apprehension/anxiety, generalized anxiety disorder (gad): person worries all the time even though there is no specific threat, phobic disorder: specific focus of persistent/irrational fear of object/situation that presents no realistic danger (e. g. animals) Major depressive disorder (mdd: person is profoundly sad, loss of interest in things that were a previous source of pleasure, thought process is slowed, person has extremely low self esteem, unipolar depression , 7 18% prevalence much higher in recent decades (twice as high in females as in males) high rates among university students and the amish, genetic component.
