PSY E245 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Psychoeducation, Basal Ganglia, Heritability
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Women twice as likely to have panic disorder. More than 80% of people diagnosed with any anxiety disorder will have a panic attack. Genetic diathesis: heritable, runs in families. Recurrent obsessions and compulsions: cause marked distress, characterized by the mind being flooded with persistent and uncontrollable thoughts (obsessions) and the individual is compelled to repeat certain acts again and again (compulsions) Huge sense of responsibility for their actions: thought-action fusion (taf, 1. Obsessions obtrusive, recurrent thoughts, impulses, images that the individual finds disturbing. Compulsions repetitive behaviours or cognitive acts that are intended to reduce anxiety. Neutralization behavioural or mental acts that are used to prevent, cancel or undo" the feared consequences and distress caused by an obsession. Basal ganglia (control motor behaviours) and frontal cortex (higher function) Neurochemistry: ssri"s work to alleviate ocd symptoms. Obsessions are caused by the person"s reaction to intrusive thoughts. Obsessions persist because maladaptive ways of coping with them.
