Anxiety Disorders Flashcards
What is fear?
State of tension or alarm
What is the stress and adjustment disorder?
Stressor
Appraisal of stressor
Appraisal of ability to cope
What is anxiety?
Response to unspecified threat
What is sympathetic?
Fight or flight
What is parasympathetic?
Rest and digest
What was anxiety originally called?
Neurosis
What are the basic characteristics of anxiety?
Faster breathing rapid heart rate
Tense muscle
Nausea
Inability to concentrate
What are phobic disorders?
Agoraphobia
Social phobias
Simple phobias
What are panic disorders?
Panic attacks
What is obsessive compulsive disorder?
Compelled to perform behaviours
Thoughts or wishes for past or future
What is PTSD?
Post traumatic stress disorder
Dissociation identity disorder?
Having more than one identities and swapping between them! Usually begins from a childhood trauma such as sexual abuse
What is the reticular activating system?
Part of the brain that focuses on attention
Define stress?
It’s experiences when one appraises the stressor as exceeding one abilities to cope
