PSY340H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Relaxation Technique, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Comorbidity
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Anxiety : unpleasant feeling of fear and apprehension: persistent uncontrollable worry = main theme, anxiety can be adaptive for some ones survival, if becomes a problem when it affect life and need intervention. Dsm 5 : ocd and ptsd have separate categories. Generalized anxiety disorder : persistent, uncontrollable worry, often about minor things. Phobia : fear and avoidance of object or situation that do not present any danger. Panic disorder: recurrent panic attacks involve onset of physiological symptoms such as dizziness, increase in heart rate, trembling, terror, trembling and sometimes accompanied by agoraphobia. Separation anxiety disorder : anxious arousal and worry about losing contact with and proximity to other people, typically significant others. Anxiety type in students: test anxiety, worry and test irrelevant thinking, both cog and physiological component, difficult to concentrate and mind to wander. Anxious arousal and worry about losing contact with and proximity to other people, typically significant others. Cognitively preoccupied with loosing contact with loved ones.
