PSY BEH 102C Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Acute Stress Reaction, Stage Fright
1 Apr 2017
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Panic disorder is not that common in people; panic attacks are: panic disorders have unexpected panic attacks. Panic and agoraphobia often occur together but can occur independently. Facts and statistics: affects about 2. 7% of the population, median onset is 20-24yrs, 66% of people with agoraphobia are female cultural influences, interpreted differently across cultures, symptoms vary across ethnicities and cultures. Risk factors generally higher emotional reactivity to stressors higher likelihood of having physical alarm reaction in response to stress tendency to believe that bodily sensations are dangerous or associated with catastrophic outcomes: way that they interpret physical symptoms. Treatment panic control treatment: example of cbt for panic, cognitive therapy combined with purposely triggering panic sensations to build tolerance. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors: relapse rates are high following medication discontinuation. Psychological and combined treatments: cognitive-behavioral therapies are highly effective, no evidence that combined treatment produces better outcome, best long-term outcome is with cognitive-behavioral therapy alone.
