PS101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Caudate Nucleus, Genetic Predisposition, Cingulate Cortex
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A clinically signi cant behaviour that causes pain or disrupts your life. What is abnormal: several questions can help determine whether a behaviour is abnormal: History of psychological disorders: mental illness. Anxiety disorders: unrealistic anxiety, vague, general uneasiness, feeling that something bad is about to happen. : may be associated with a particular situation or object or it may be free oating - Wednesday, november 15, 2017 not associated with anything speci c. Types of anxiety disorders: general anxiety disorders (gad, social anxiety disorder (formerly known as social phobia, panic disorder, phobias. Generalized anxiety disorder (gad: experiences as an overall sense of dread, excessive non-speci c anxiety & worry for >6 months, headaches and gastrointestinal distress, muscle tension and sleep problems. Social anxiety disorder (social phobia: 7. 1% of population develop this at some time in their life. More women then men, more poor people then wealthier people.
