PSYC 2030U Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Roaring Lion, Panic Attack, Separation Anxiety Disorder
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Anxiety is good for us, at least in moderate amounts (true) Anxiety and panic are inherently comorbid because the same gene is turned on for both disorders (false: no single gene seems to cause anxiety or panic, panic probably has a genetic component that is separate from anxiety. Are early and severe reactions to a traumatic event good predictors of who will go on to develop ptsd: no. Ocd involves an irrational fear of a specific object or situation that markedly interferes with an individual"s ability to function: false, this is a phobia. Fear is a response to a current or present event natural response to immediate threat: powerful autonomic state of physiological state. Anxiety is marked by muscle tension and other physical (mild) symptoms. All of a sudden body is swarmed, but this time there is no lion, absence of an immediate threat or in response to something that most people do not perceive as dangerous panic.
