Psychology 2030A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Fusio, Adjustment Disorder, Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing
31 Jan 2017
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Chapter 5 - anxiety, trauma related and ocd. Anxiety can be good for us, in moderate amounts. Fear is an immediate alarm reaction to danger: can be good for us, protects us by activating a massive response from the autonomic nervous system. Although not all emotion theorists agree, much evidence shows that fear and anxiety reactions differ physiologically and physiologically. Anxiety is a future oriented mood state, characterized by apprehension because we cant predict or control upcoming events. Fear is an immediate emotional reaction to current danger characterized by strong escapist action tendencies and surge in the sympathetic branch of autonomic nervous system. Panic attack is defined as an abrupt experience of intense fear or acute discomfort, accompanied by physical symptoms that usually include heart palpitations, chest pains. Two basic types are described in dsm-5: expected (cued) or unexpected (uncued: expected are more common in specific phobias or social anxiety disorder, unexpected are important in panic disorder.
