PSY 262 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Panic Attack, Panic Disorder, Specific Phobia
4 Oct 2016
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Anxiety and related disorders: anxiety and related disorders, anxiety disorders are the most common mental health condition in the us a. i. a. ii. a. iii. 31. 0% of adolescents had experienced an anxiety dx in their lifetime. Extreme anxiety or panic is expressed when phobic stimulus is encountered. Most adults recognize fear is excessive, but children may now: most common mental disorder in us, nearly twice as common among women vs men, phobias begin in childhood. Cognition- children do not know that this is excessive fear d. i. Often prescribe for chronic forms of anxiety a. iii. a. iv. D-cycloserine: lemon juice experiment, extroverts and introverts placed a drop of lemon juice under the tongue, who will salivate more b. i. Introverts have low levels of stimulation c: extroverts need more stimulation, cognitive - behavioral treatments, exposure therapy a. i. Gradual introduction to the feared situation: systematic desensitization b. i. Exposure techniques with relaxation: cognitive reconstructing c. i. Identifying and changing irrational thoughts: modeling therapy d. i.
