PSY 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Panic Attack, Panic Disorder, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

• School: St. John's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2200
• Professor: Eric B. Fields

Document Summary

4. 7% of all people will experience pd in their lifetime and 1. 4% agoraphobia only. 2:1 ratio between females and males for pd but more males may actually suffer with pd as they may mask it with alcohol. Typical age of onset for pd is 20-24. Most common among whites and least among asians. Pd - biological vulnerability combined with psychologically associating bodily sensations with a serious physical condition or a threat/danger; a person develops an over-reaction that is learned. Agoraphobia - similar but also very socially and culturally influenced. Cognitive-behavior therapy (ie, disputation; exposure-based techniques that can be used with virtual reality) Psychodynamic (ie, uncovering unconscious sources of real fears) Family/systems: (ie, correcting dysfunctional family patterns, such that child does not need to have panic attacks and/or stay home to keep parents from fighting) Marked fear or anxiety about a specific object or situation (eg. flying, heights, animals, receiving an injection, seeing blood)