PSYCH101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Social Anxiety Disorder, Mania, Agoraphobia

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Paul Wehr

Document Summary

Understand the different types of anxiety disorders. Understand how anxiety or depressive disorders can be self-perpetuating. Anxiety disorders anxiety disorders: a category of disorders involving fear or nervousness that is excessive, irrational, and maladaptive. One of the most frequently diagnosed disorders, often occurs with other disorders. Constant wear and tear on the body as result of being continually prepped for action accumulates over time and causes various stress-related illnesses. Combination of an unjusti able degree, duration, and source of anxiety separates anxiety disorders from other forms of anxiety. Panic disorder generalized anxiety disorder: involves frequently elevated levels of anxiety, usually from the normal challenges and stresses of every day life. Fear of disaster lurking around every corner. Dif cult to identify speci c reasons for which they are anxious panic disorder: an anxiety disorder marked by occasional episodes of sudden, very intense fear.