PSYC62H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Attack, Agoraphobia
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Anxiety about being in situations from which escape is dificult or embarrassing. Strong physiological fear response associated with intense apprehension, fearfulness, or terror. Signiicant anxiety provoked by exposure to speciic feared objects or situations. Fear of being in or performing to speciic feared objects or situations. Anxiety arising over obsession; accompanied by compulsive behaviour that endeavours to reduce this anxiety. Persistent state of physiological arousal or exaggerated response to certain stimuli, particularly those associated with a traumatic event. Stress syndrome occurring in three (3) progressive phases: (1) alarm stage (2) resistance stage (3) exhaustion stage. Anxiety, muscle weakness, and abdominal pain caused by abrupt cessation of barbiturate use. Ionotropic receptor comprised of ive (5) subunits and activated to the neurotransmitter gaba. Allosteric site on the gabaa receptor that can be bound to by benzodiazepines. Allosteric site on the gabaa receptor that can be bound to by benzodiazepines, but with weaker.
