PSYC 2364 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Virtual Reality Therapy, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Trichotillomania
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Chapter 5: anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive and related. Anxiety an emotional state characterized by physiological arousal, unpleasant feelings of tension, and a sense of apprehension or foreboding. Anxiety disorder a class of psychological disorders characterized by excessive or maladaptive anxiety reactions. Anxiety is characterized by a wide range of symptoms that cut across physical, behavioral, and cognitive domains: physical features, behavioral features, cognitive features. The dsm recognizes the following specific types of anxiety disorders we discuss in this chapter: panic disorder, phobic disorders, generalized anxiety disorder. Panic disorder a type of anxiety disorder characterized by repeated episodes of intense anxiety or panic. There is a stronger bodily component to panic attacks than to other forms of anxiety. The attacks are accompanied by feelings of sheer terror and a sense of imminent danger or impending doom and by an urge to escape the situation. Agoraphobia excessive, irrational fear of open or public places.
