PSY-303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Prefrontal Cortex, Chest Pain, Fluoxetine
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** ocd and anxiety disorders are both in chapter 5, but they are actually two completely separate categories. Definition of anxiety: anxiety, physical features, sweating, increased hr, difficulty breathing, unusual sleep cycle, Decreased/increased appetite, nausea, paranoia: behavioral features, cognitive features. Scoptophobia- fear of being seen or started at. Causes of specific phobia: can develop after a traumatic event, e. g. Learning-based approaches: gradual exposure, gradual exposure to the object or feared situation, fear will subside over time, imaginal or in vivo exposure. Imaginal= if someone has a gear of open body of water, and there"s no water around, the therapist may show you a lot of videos on open water. In vivo= in real time, the therapist may drive with someone over a bridge if they have an intense fear of bridges: flooding, exposed to high levels of feared stimuli, e. g.
