PSYC*3140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing, Dsm-5
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Irrational fear of specific object or situation that interferes with ability to function: blood-jury-injection phobia, situational phobias, natural environment phobias, animal phobias etc. 6. 4% of canadians have a specific phobia: 8. 9% women and 4. 1% men. Change brain functioning by changing neural circuits in amygdala, insula and cingulate cortex. Child"s unrealistic and persistent worry something will happen to important people such as parents: afraid to go to school or has nightmares. 35% can go into adulthood if not treated in childhood. Fear of being called out or judged for a performance : ex. Speaking in public, eating in public or interacting from people. Biological: biological vulnerability to develop anxiety, biological tendency to social inhibition. Conditioning (panic attack or social trauma: conditioned panic attack in a social situation, experience of real social trauma. Disorders develop after stressful or traumatic event. Emotional disorder following: trauma, physical assault, car accidents, natural catastrophes, sudden death of loved one.
