PSYCH 2AP3 Chapter Notes -Limbic System, Automatic Negative Thoughts, Avoidant Personality Disorder
26 Nov 2014
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Anxiety - a general feeling of apprehension about possible danger. Freud"s formulation - a sign of an inner conflict between desire and prohibitions against is expression. Anxiety disorders affect 25-30% of population; most common category of psychological disorders in canada. In a 12-month period, 16% of women and 9% of men suffer from an anxiety disorder. Neuroses - psychological disorders that resulted when intrapsychic conflict produced significant anxiety anxiety might not be obvious, if defence mechanisms deflect or mask it. Fear or panic is a basic emotions that involves activation of the fight-or-flight response of the sympathetic nervous system. Panic attack - fear response occurs in the absence of any obvious external danger symptoms are identical to those experienced during a state of fear subjective sense of impending doom (does not occur during fear state) Components of fear and panic: cognitive/subjective components (afraid) physiological components (increased heart rate) behavioural components (urge to escape)
