PSYC 1103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Panic Disorder
25 Sep 2018
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Maladaptive (it gets in the way of a person"s regular life) [consider context] Persistent anxiety for at least 6 months. Inability to specify reasons for the anxiety. Constant state of worry & dread, restlessness, muscle tension, irritability, headaches, difficulty concentrating & sleeping. Recurrent, sudden onsets of intense terror (panic attacks) that often occur without warning. Heart palpitations, dizziness, sweating, chest pains, shortness of breath, trembling, feelings of helplessness. Relatively common- 30% of us in past year. Onset may be influenced by misinterpret arousal, fear of pa in public. An irrational, overwhelming, persistent fear of a particular object or situation (e. g. , social phobia)- go to extreme lengths to avoid. Assumption: fears are learned ( a person can unlearn the fear that they learned ) Flooding (throw the person in with no way to get out make them deal with fear) Systematic desensitization (take small steps, allowing person to. Examples of phobic disorders get over fear)
