PSY 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Systematic Desensitization

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Psychology (PSY)
• Course: PSY 001
• Professor: del rio

Document Summary

Going naked, okay in some cultures bad in others: deviant behavior must accompany distress, if a behavior is dysfunctional it is clearly a disorder. Symptoms that cause distress/impair social or occupational functioning. Anxiety, depression: personality disorder and mental retardation. Chronic and enduring problems that generally persist throughout life and impair interpersonal/occupational functioning: general medical condition. Physical disorders that may be relevant to understanding or treating a psychological disorder: psychosocial and environmental problems. Problems that may affect that diagnosis of treatment and prognosis of psychological disorders: global assessment of functioning. Individual"s level of functioning in social occupational and leisure activities. Elective approach: psychotherapy that uses techniques from various forms of therapy. Anxiety disorders: generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder. Generally aware that fears are excessive but are unable to control them. Type of exposure therapy that associates a relaxed state with anxiety triggering stimuli. Persistent urges to preform repetitive ritualistic behaviors (compulsions) to control obsessions.