Psychology 2030A/B Chapter Notes -Social Anxiety Disorder, Panic Attack, Panic Disorder

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2030A/B
• Professor: David Vollick

Document Summary

Chapter 4: anxiety, obsessive-compulsive and trauma- and stressor-related disorders. Anxiety a common emotion characterised by physical symptoms (faster heartbeat, feelings of tension) and thoughts or worries that something bad will happen. It is a future-oriented response, which often occurs when people encounter a new situation or anticipate a life- changing event. Your hypothalamus (the part of the brain responsible for recognizing threatening situations and coordinating your response) sends a message to your adrenal glands to release the hormone adrenaline. Your body"s response, called fight or flight was a general discharge of your sns. It"s been part of human behaviour since prehistoric times: nervous system"s two parts: the cns (brain and spinal cord) and peripheral nervous system (all other nerves in the body), pns"s two parts: System: somatic sensory system contains sensory and voluntary motor functions, autonomic nervous system controls involuntary movements.