PSYCH 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Limbic System, Psychopathology, Dissociative Identity Disorder

• School: Cornell University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 1101
• Professor: David Pizarro

Document Summary

There are different types of anxiety disorders! males are more likely to exhibit externalizing disorders! most mental disorders show some universal symptoms! 14. 2 can anxiety be the root of seemingly different disorders? phobias are exaggerated fears of speci c stimuli! generalized anxiety disorder is diffuse and omnipresent! Ptsd involves frequent and recurring nightmares, intrusive thoughts, and. Ashbacks! panic attacks cause sudden overwhelming terror and may lead to agoraphobia! Ocd involves frequent intrusive thoughts and compulsive behaviors! Anxiety disorders have cognitive, situational, and biological components! this is well illustrated by ocd, which is in uence by conditioning and genetics and may be induced in children exposed to a streptococcal infection that causes autoimmune damage to the brain! Mood disorders have biological, situational, and cognitive components! depressed people think negatively about themselves! learned helplessness: a cognitive model of depression in which people feel unable to control events in their lives! interpersonal loss, divorce, death! situational! cognitive!