PSYC 3390 Midterm: DSM - Diagnosis Criteria

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3390
• Professor: Heather Mc Lean

Document Summary

Note: only one item is required in children: restlessness or feeling keyed up or on edge, being easily fatigued, difficulty concentrating or mind going blank. 4: muscle tension, sleep disturbance (difficulty falling or staying asleep, or restless, unsatisfying sleep). Panic disorder: panic disorder (pd): individuals experience severe unexpected panic attacks; feeling of dying or losing control. Dsm-5 diagnostic criteria for panic disorder: recurrent unexpected panic attacks. A panic attack is an abrupt surge of intense fear or in- tense discomfort that reaches a peal within minutes, and during which time 4 or more of the following symptoms occur: Agoraphobia: agoraphobia: fear and avoidance of situations in which a person feels unsafe or unable to es- cape to get home or to a hospital in the event of panic or physical symptoms. 2 of 16: marked fear or anxiety about more than one situation from a characteristic cluster of agora- phobic situations.