PSYC 4430 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Specific Phobia, Trichophagia, Agoraphobia
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Chapter 5: anxiety disorders: the language of anxiety, fear, worry, anxiety, panic, stress, all of these refer in some way to the human experience tied to the reaction of the cns to the presence of threat. These reactions exist on a spectrum from expectable and adaptive to excessive and maladaptive. Adaptive reactions allow us to move forward and resolve distress; maladaptive reactions proliferate distress and often lead to dysfunction: state vs. Trait anxiety: trait anxiety, a(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s ge(cid:374)eral le(cid:448)el of arousal a(cid:374)d anxiety (even when no threat is apparent) Impacts functioning in other areas: more common in, females than males (2:1 in diagnosis, lower income individuals, strong negative correlation with wages, african american individuals, same rate in latino/as but may be diagnosed with nervios, elderly individuals. Is there a medical reason: treatment interrupting the (cid:862)panic cycle(cid:863, cognitive therapy. Intervenes at the level of perception & interpretation: psychopharmacology.
