PSY BEH 102C Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Acute Stress Reaction, Separation Anxiety Disorder, Specific Phobia
3 Jul 2019
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Extreme fear or discomfort in social or performance situations. Avoid social situations or endure them with great distress. Performance-only subtype: anxiety only occurs in performance situations (e. g. , public speaking) without anxiety in everyday interactions. 2nd only to specific phobia in anxiety disorders. Onset usually during adolescence, peak age 13 years. Biological and evolutionary vulnerability - adaptive to fear rejection. Unrealistic and persistent worry that something will happen to self or loved ones when apart (e. g. kidnapping, accident) as well as anxiety about leaving loved ones. Grouped together because of shared origin: stressful life events. Include ptsd and acute stress disorder, adjustment disorders, attachment disorders. Main origin is being exposed to trauma and responding to that trauma. Traumatic life events: combat, sexual abuse, natural disasters, etc. Ptsd diagnosed when reaction persists for one month or more, less than 1 month acute stress disorder. Combat and sexual assault most common traumas.
