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Cognitive process involving the appraisal that there is actual or potential danger in a given situation.

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Fear

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Emotional response triggered by fear

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Anxiety

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Exaggerated anticipatory danger

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Anxiety

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Environmental demands exceeds the individual’s abilities and/or resources.

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Stress

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Which system is hyperactive in anxiety?

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ANS

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Under threat our bodies get ready either for a ______

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Fight or flight

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When is stress abnormal?

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  1. Out of proportion
  2. Persists even when the situation resolves
  3. No reasons
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Anxiety disorders are comorbid with

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  1. Depression
  2. Substance Abuse
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Symptoms of Anxiety

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Feeling of dread, unease, fear
Difficulty concentrating
Hypervigilance
Restlessness
Irritability
Fear of…death, heart attack, nervous breakdown,
something really bad happening, hurting others,
loss of control

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Resp Signs of Anxiety

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Shortness of breath, hyperventilation, dyspnea, tachypnea

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GI Signs of Anxiety

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Nausea, vomiting, dry mouth, weight loss, diarrhea

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CVS signs of anxiety

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Chest pain, tachycardia, palpitations, flushing, pallor

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Neurological Signs of Anxiety

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Dizziness, headache, vertigo, paraesthesia, tremor, tinnitus, blurred vision

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Arachnophobia

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Fear from spiders

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Aerophobia

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Flying

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Agoraphobia

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Open or public spaces

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Claustrophobia

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Enclosed spaces.

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Emetophobia

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Vomiting

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Acrophobia

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Heights

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Brontophobia

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Thunderstorms

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Necrophobia

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Death

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Generalised free-floating persistent feelings of worry and apprehension about actual circumstances; everyday events/problems.

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Generalized Anxiety Disorders

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Episodic crescendo anxiety which is recurrent,
unpredictable and which occurs in the absence of a
stimulus.

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Panic Disorders

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A discrete episode of intense fear or
discomfort, in which several
symptoms develop abruptly and
reach a peak within 10 minutes.

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Panic Attack

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Components of OCD

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Obsessions and compulsions

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Recurrent and persistent ideas, thoughts, impulses or
images, experienced as intrusive, unwelcomed, unpleasant (egodystonic) & inappropriate.

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Obsessions

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Repetitive behaviours or mental acts performed in
response to an obsession or rigidly applied rules

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Compulsions

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Hoarding

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Collecting things that dont make sense

29
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Caused by experiencing severe psychic trauma; an
inescapable event that overwhelms an individual’s coping mechanisms evoking of a feeling of loss of controllability

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PTSD

30
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Low levels of GABA contribute to

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Anxiety

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