01:830:340 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Separation Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, Body Dysmorphic Disorder
2 Aug 2016
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Generalized anxiety disorder (gad: women more than men, excessive & uncontrollable worry w/ many things distress, constantly tense and fatigued, diagnosis: symptoms >6 months, autonomic restrictors, failure to visualize images on right side of brain. Specific phobia- phobia regarding a certain thing: classically conditioned but maintained by operant conditioning, onset: 10-13 years old, treatment: behaviorist methods, desensitization, women more than men. Obsessive compulsive disorder (ocd)- thoughts invoking stress: equal in men & women, compulsions are ritualized behavior designed to quell anxiety, onset: 25 years old but may be younger, treatment: erp- exposure response prevention, gamma knife surgery, antidepressants. Panic attacks- misfiring of flight or fight response: symptoms: sense of impending doom without cause, fear of loss of control. Panic disorder- fear of having another panic attack: evade places where panic attacks have occurred, 1 in 3 will develop agoraphobia, treatment: cbt. Neurobiological factors- fear circuit: amygdala, medial prefrontal cortex, deregulation of gaba, increased norepinephrine.
