HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Palpitations, Agoraphobia, Panic Disorder
25 Oct 2016
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Difficult to control thoughts in state of anxiety. Emerged as distinct group of disorders in dsm-lll. Previously part of neuroses (emotional disturbance, where person has awareness) Now merely necessary for fear & worry to be disproportionate to the situation. Share core symptom: intense worry disproportionate to actual environmental danger. Asylums primarily housed psychotic individuals & those deemed to dangerous to remain in community. Freud"s emphasis on neuroses helped reshape 20th c. as the age of anxiety. Characterized by recurent, unexpected panic attacks, similar to heart attack. Usually occurs without warning and finishes within ten minutes. Preponderance of physical symptoms: palpitations; pounding heart; sweating; trembling/shaking; shortness of breath; feeling of choking; sweating; trembling/shaking; shortness of breath; feeling of choking; chest pain or discomfort; nausea; feeling dizzy/faint. Persistent, excessive, narrowly defined fears associated with specific object or situation. Daily life consumed on some level with avoidance, fear, dread.
