PSYC-339 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Panic Attack, Anxiety Disorder, Frontal Lobe
22 Sep 2017
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Rare but people can have only somatic or worry anxiety, but most often together. A panic attack is different: no actual danger despite intense fear or discomfort accompanied by. Panic attacks can be cued (easy to understand where it came from) versus uncued. Different from stress: refer to ch 9 page 308-309. Stress may be the initial stages of anxiety: Depression: distress and physical symptoms. barlow argues that anxiety underlies depression, but. Anxiety symptoms are usually those of extreme excitement, ex sweating, heart racing etc. Anxiety is future focused, while depression is past-based (focus on what will happen versus has. What is anxiety? begins with headaches, muscle tension, manifested in physical but short term symptoms. Stress is described as pressure, but one knows they can cope with it. Stress usually a response to external source such as illness or car accident. Anxiety is distress: impacts daily living, increase in physical symptoms in intensity and duration.
