RSM 201 Study Guide - Social Anxiety Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder
8 Dec 2014
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What we do to get rid of that fear. Describe the example given about someone"s fear of water caused by a near-drowning incident. To cope, that person may stay in the car during a family trip to the river; less anxious but probably still unhappy. Fill in the blanks: anxiety disorders are characterized not only by. Distressing, persistent anxiety; dysfunctional behaviors that reduce that anxiety. Fill in the blanks: at least _________ will experience a _________ of some kind at some point in their lives. A fifth of all people; diagnosable anxiety disorder. Characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts which become obsessions, sometimes accompanied by actions, which become compulsions. Not: being neat and orderly; is: a debilitating condition whose sufferers take normal behaviors and perform them compulsively, and they often use these compulsive, often ritualistic behaviors to relieve intense and unbearable anxiety. Continually tense and apprehensive, experiencing unfocused, negative, and out-of-control feelings.
