PSYC 3140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Periaqueductal Gray, Systematic Desensitization, Frontal Lobe
18 Mar 2016
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Ego dystonic not necessary who you are i. e killing your best friend. Woman 2x more likely to develop it combat and sexual assault most common. Cbt + lateral eye movements ; therapists hand goes back and forth. Eye movement allows integration of emotional and cognitive experience associated with trauma. Behavioral inhibition system ( bis: involves septal- hippocampal system and frontal cortex, activated by brainstem and cortex. Flight vs. fight (ffs: circuit originates in brainstem and travels though several midbrain structures ( amygdala, hypothalamus, central grey matter, activated = alarm/ escape response. Questions: one model of the etiology of ocd suggests that in order for an individual to develop ocd there must be which of the following both biological and psychological vulnerabilities. Illness anxiety possibility of having or developing a disease, formally called hypochondria"s. Idea of being sick rather then the symptoms itself. 1:1 sex ratio high comorbidty with anxiety / mood disorders.
