PSY 3171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Fluoxetine, Phobia, Agoraphobia
11 Dec 2015
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C h a p t e r 5 : a n x i e t y d i s o r d e r s. Anxiety: state of fearful apprehension: future-oriented way of thinking ( something bad is going to happen ) Fear: focused on the present, what"s going on right now immediate state: ex. See lion at a zoo in a cage what if it somehow escapes and attacks me? : ex. See a lion in the wild terrified that it will attack you (in the present) Adaptive protect you and allow you to survive. When it becomes too frequent and occurs more intensely than average, it becomes problematic. Very common disorder affects 6-12% of the population. Top-down processing: coming from your higher levels of your cortex (frontal lobes) and there is suppression of the lower levels (amygdala) override one"s behavioural output, a conscious experience. Activated by subcortical processes or cortical processes.
