PS282 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Panic Attack
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Recurring, unexpected panic attacks and by subsequent concern about future attacks or about the meaning of the attacks: specific phobias. Excessive or unreasonable fear of a specific situation or object (elevators, flying, enclosed spaces, some type of animal: social phobia. Overwhelming, persistent fear of social or performance situations (speaking in public: obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) Unwanted and repeated thoughts, feelings, or images that are intrusive and inappropriate and that cause marked distress, compulsions are urgent, repetitive behaviour, such as hand washing, counting or repeatedly checking . Person has been exposed to an event that involved actual or threatened death or serious injury, and the person reacted with intense fear or helplessness. The person persistently re-experiences the event through recollections, dreams, or a sudden feeling as if the event were occurring: ptsd, generalized anxiety disorder. Bipolar disorders: both manic and depressive episodes have been observed at some time. Major depression, in which only depressive episodes: anxiety and panic disorders are reported.
