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Abnormal Psych Exam 1--Anxiety Disorders
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
02/15/2012

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Term
fear
Definition
response to real and immediate danger
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anxiety
Definition
-reaction to anticipated event
-disproportiante to threat
-negative mood
-physiological arousal
Term
worry
Definition
uncontrollable sequence of negative emotional thoughts with images of danger
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Definition
-excessive and difficult to control anxiety/worry
-at least three symptoms like restlessness, fatigue, difficult concentrating, irratbility, ect.
-last for 6 months
Term
panic attacks
Definition
discrete period of focused, sudden, overwhelming, and intense fear or discomfort
-sudden, peak in 10 mintues
-need 4 or more physical symptoms
Term
panic disorder
Definition
reccurent panic attacks
-first has to be unexpected
-not precipated by fear, worry, or stress
-at least one attack followed by one month of...concern of having more attacks, worry about implications of attack, change in behavior
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Agoraphobia
Definition
fear of a situation where escape is hard or help is unavailable if panic attack occurs
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phobias
Definition
persistant, narrowly defined fears associated with specific object/situation
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Obsessive Compulsion Disorder
Definition
prescense of obsessions and compulsions
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compuslsions
Definition
repetitive behavior or mental acts performed in response to an obsession or rules
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