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| Psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety |
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| Generalized anxiety disorder |
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| An anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal. |
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| An anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable minutes-long episodes of intense dread. Experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, choking. |
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| An anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object, activity, or situation. |
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| Obsessive-compulsive disorder |
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| An anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts and actions. |
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| Conscious awareness becomes separated from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings. |
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| Dissociative identity disorder |
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| A person exhibits 2 or more distinct and alternating personalities. |
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| Psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning. |
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| Antisocial personality disorder |
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| The person exhibits lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members. May be aggressive and ruthless or a clever con artist. |
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| Psychoanalytic perspective on anxiety disorders. |
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Definition
| -Repress intolerable impulses,ideas,and feelings. |
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| Biological perspective on anxiety disorders. |
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Definition
-Natural selection
-Genes
-Brain = anterior, cingulate cortex |
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| Learning perspective on anxiety disorders. |
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Definition
-Stimulus generalization = learning fear
-reinforcement = maintain fear |
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