5 Flashcards
ssre/snri/impramine efficy rate
60%
half of all panic attacks are
agoraphobia
benzodiazepine
xanax
ativan
klonopin
valium
david barlow
clinical researcher
CBT
3-4 months of treatment
agoraphobia
literally mens “fear of the market”
complication of panic disorder-person befins to fear and avoid places associated with the occurnece of panattack
paic with agoraphobia is way harder to treat
drug companies spend ? times as much money advertizing than theydo researching
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specific phobia
snakes, spiders, other animal, heights
- marked and persisitent fear (excessive) cued by presence or anticipation of speciific object or situation
- exposure consistenly presuces anxiety (possible panic)
- person recognizes fear excessive (otherwise psychosis)
- the feared situation is avoided
- the anxiety and/or avoidance causes impairment function
only 1 out of 8 ppl meet all the crieteria for a phobia
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most ppl do not meet the criteria
the anxiety and/or phobia causes impairment function
prevalence of phobias
12.5%
hypothesized causes of specific phobia
biological model
psychodynamic mode
behavioral model
cognitive
biological model:
preparedness hypothesis also genetic vulnerability
psychodynamic model:
phobic object is symbol of inner conflict