PSY 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Dissociative Identity Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, Catatonia
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Panic disorder: characterized by recurrent attacks of overwhelming anxiety that usually occur suddenly and unexpectedly: physical symptoms of anxiety, victims become apprehensive and hyper vigilant, 2/3 are female, typically occurring during late adolescence or early adulthood. Agoraphobia: fear of going out to public places: common complication of panic disorder, can co-exit with a variety of disorders. Cognitive factors: certain styles of thinking make some people particularly vulnerable to anxiety disorders, some people are more likely to suffer from anxiety problems because they end to, misinterpret harmless situations as threatening. 2. focus excessive attention on perceived threats: selectively recall information that seems threatening. Stress: cases of ptsd are attributed to individuals" exposure to stressful incidents. Genetic vulnerability: twin studies have found a huge disparity between identical and fraternal twins in concordance rates for mood disorders, concordance rate for identical twins is higher, heredity can create a predisposition to mood dysfunction.
