PSYC 4240 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Kay Redfield Jamison, Panic Attack, Generalized Anxiety Disorder

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 4240
• Professor: Miller

Document Summary

Anxiety disorders, mood disorders, and eating and sleep disorders. Read an unquiet mind by kay redfield jamison. Future oriented mood state ( how is this date going to go? ) Described with a negative affect; takes away from good experience. Somatic symptoms of tensions like sweating and heavy breathing. Worried about future and bad things that can come from it. Present oriented mood state ( there"s a snake here ) Activation of the sympathetic nervous system (happens instantly) Anxiety and fear are normal emotions we experience. Psychological disorders: excessive and persistent symptoms of anxiety and fear. Avoidance and escapist tendencies start adding dysfunction into your life. There is clinically significant distress in your life. A rapid onset of intense fear with physiological and psychological symptoms. Physiological: heartrate, sweating, nausea (feels like you"re dying or having a heart attack) Expected: you"re expecting that certain stimuli will cause an attack ( obvious cue or trigger ) connected more to phobias.