PSYB32H3 Chapter 6: Chapter 6 - Detailed
24 Dec 2010
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Chapter 6: anxiety disorders: anxiety is an unpleasant feeling of fear and apprehension, dsm proposes 6 categories. An anxiety disorder is diagnosed when feelings of anxiety are clearly present: phobias. Fear & avoidance of objects or situations that do not present any real danger: panic disorder. recurrent panic attacks involving a sudden onset of physiological symptoms (dizziness, rapid heart rate etc) accompanied by terror and feeling of impending doom; sometimes accompanied with agoraphobia, a fear of being in public places: generalized anxiety disorder. Persistent, uncontrollable worry, often about minor things: obsessive-compulsive disorder. Experience of uncontrollable thoughts, impulses, or images (obsessions) and repetitive behaviours or mental acts (compulsions: posttraumatic stress disorder. Aftermath of traumatic experience in which the person experiences increased arousal, avoidance of stimuli associated with the event, and anxiety in recalling the event: acute stress disorder. 16% and 9% of men suffer from anxiety disorders (mostly women 15-24 years)
