PSYC 2280 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Social Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Somatic Symptom Disorder
8 Dec 2015
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Severe reaction immediately following a terrifying event, often including amnesia about the event, emotional numbing, and derealization. Many victims later develop post- traumatic stress disorder. (p. 156) agoraphobia. An anxiety about being in places or situations from which escape might be difficult. (p. 133) animal phobia. Unreasonable, enduring fear of animals or insects that usually develops early in life. (p. 144) anxiety. State of mood characterized by marked negative affect and bodily symptoms of tension in which a person apprehensively anticipates future danger or misfortune. Anxiety may involve feelings, behaviours, and physiological responses. (p. 121) attachment disorders. Developmentally inappropriate behaviours in which a child is unable or unwilling to form normal attachment relationships with caregiving adults. (p. 163) behavioural inhibition system (bis) Brain circuit in the limbic system that responds to threat signals by inhibiting activity and causing anxiety. (p. 124) blood-injury-injection phobia. Unreasonable fear and avoidance of exposure to blood, injury, or the possibility of an injection.
