PSYB32H3 Chapter 6: Chapter 6 covered in week 6 of FALL 2010 semester
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Ppl w/anxiety disorders feel an overwhelming apprehension that seems unwarranted. Tr lists 6 principal diagnoses: phobic disorders, panic disorder, gad, ocd, ptsd, and acute stress disorder. Phobias are intense, unreasonable fears that disrupt the life of an otherwise normal person. Social phobia is fear of social situations in which the person may be scrutinized by other ppl. Sp phobias are fears of animals, situations, the natural environ, and blood and injections. The psychoanalytic view of phobias is that they are defence against repressed conflicts. It may be that a genetically transmitted physiological diathesis lability of the ans predisposes certain ppl to acquire phobias. A patient w/panic disorder has sudden, inexplicable, and periodic attacks of intense anxiety. Panic attacks sometimes lead to fear and avoidance of being outside one"s home, a condition known as agoraphobia. A no. of laboratory manipulations (e. g. , having the patient hyperventilate or breathe air w/a high concentration of co2) can induce panic attacks in those w/the disorder.
