PSYCH 2AP3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Panic Disorder, Panic Attack, Anxiety Disorder

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 2AP3
• Professor: Geoffrey Hall

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Motor tension symptoms: trembling, shaking, muscle aches, soreness lomoar cpsd| 2151316 lomoar cpsd| 2151316. Autonomic hyperactivity symptoms: tachycardia (excessive heart rate), sweating, dizziness, nausea, gi complaints. Vigilance, scanning symptoms: exaggerated startle response epidemiology: Usually starts in 20s or 30s, with high proportion in childhood or adolescence. Most common anxiety disorder among young, old. Not most common anxiety disorder most common in young and old. About 65% of those with disorder are female. At least 1 attack has been followed by 1 month or more of both: persistent concern about another panic attack, or its consequences o a significant maladaptive change in behaviour related to the attacks. The disturbance not due to a substance or to another medical condition. The disturbance not better explained by another mental disorder epidemiology of panic. Individual"s fear based on concern that escape difficult, or help unavailable, in case of panic, or other embarrassing, incapacitating symptoms. Agoraphobic situation almost always produces fear or anxiety.