PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6-8,10,14: Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder, Somatic Symptom Disorder, Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder
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Physiological heightened level of arousal and physiological activation (higher heart rate) Cognitive is worry and test irrelevant thinking (mind wanders) Anxiety disorders: diagnosed when subjectively experienced feelings of anxiety are clearly present. Anxiety is present in more women than men. Separation anxiety: anxiety because of not having contact or the possibility of losing contact with attachment figures. Phobias: disrupting, fear mediated avoidance that is out of proportion to the danger actually posed. Psychoanalysts: focus on the content of the phobia and see the phobic object as a symbol of an important unconscious fear. Behaviourists: ignore the content of the phobia and focus instead on its function. Specific phobia: unwarranted fear caused the by the presence or anticipation of a specific object or situation. Five factors fear can be grouped into: agoraphobia fear of wide open spaces, fear of heights or water, threat fears (blood, needles, storms, thunder, fear of being observed, speaking fears.
