PSYCH101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, Panic Attack, Panic Disorder

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Richard Ennis

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Anxiety disorders: phobias (common condition, irrational fear, quite treatable, there"s a strong relationship between dangerous things and what cause fear, ex. Oedipus complex which was being transferred onto horses: terrified that his father would castrate him due to his sexual desire for his mother (dad had glasses, It can generalize from one thing to another: treatment would be to uncondition it, ex. Some people coming back from war after immense stress have been seen to have psychotic behaviour. People (often comes in 3s: example of three faces of eve, explanations of dissociative disorders, this is a real disorder and there are consistencies, distinct patterns of brain activity with the different personalities. In the 1980s, there were 20,000 cases that were diagnosed (10x more) In studies, those with antisocial personality disorders do not tend to get aroused by vicious aggression: many famous mass murderers have apd, ex.