Chapter 3 Flashcards
Psychological disorder that involves excessive levels of negative emotions, such as nervousness, tension, worry, fright and anxiety
Anxiety Disorder
It is generalized feeling of apprehension, fear, or tension that may be associated with particular object or situation or maybe free-floating,not associated with specific
Anxiety Disorder
Can cause such distress that interfere with person’s ability to lead a normal life
Anxiety
Define as an unpleasant emotional state for which the cause is either not readily identified or perceived to ne uncontrollable or unavoidable
Anxiety
An emotional and physiological response to a recognized external threat or response to real danger or threats
Fear
An emotional and physiological response to a recognized external threat or response to real danger or threats
Fear
An emotional and physiological response to a recognized external threat or response to real danger or threats
Fear
Symptoms of Anxiety Disorder
- Feelings of panic , fear and uneasiness
- Uncontrollable, obsessive thoughts
- Repeated thoughts or flashback of traumatic experiences
- Nightmares
- Ritualistic behaviours, such as repeated hand washing
- Problems sleeping
- Cold or sweaty hands and/or feet
- Shortness of breath
- Palpitations
- An inability to be still and calm
- Dry mouth
- Numbness or tingling in the hands or feet
- Nausea
- Muscle tension
- Dizziness
Types of Anxiety Disorder
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
2.Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) - Panic Disorder
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Specific Phobias
This disorder involves excessive, unrealistic worry and tension, even if there is little or nothing to provoke the anxiety
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Symptoms include restlessness or feeling keyed up, difficulty concentrating, irritability, muscle tension and jitterines, deep disturbance,and unwanted intrusive worries
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Plagued by constant thoughts or fears that cause them to perform certain rituals or routines
Obsessive compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Disturbing thoughts are called ?
Obsession
Anxiety provoking thoughts that will not go away
Obsession
This disorder keeps recurring attacks to a person of intense fear or panic, often with feeling if impending doom of death
Panic Disorder
People with this condition have feeling of terror that strike suddenly and repeatedly with no warning
Panic Disorder
Other symptoms of this include sweating, chest pain, palpitations and feeling of choking, which may make the person feel like he or she is having a heart attack or “going crazy.”
Panic Attack
A condition that can develop following a traumatic and/or terrifying event such as sexual or physical assault, the unexpected death of a loved one, or a natural disaster
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
An intense fear of a specific object or situation, such as snakes, heights, or flying. Phobia is an exaggerated, unrealistic fear of a specific situation, activity, or object
Specific Phobia
Disorders characterized by extreme and unwanted disturbances in feeling or mood
Mood Disorder
These are major disturbances in one’s condition or emotion, such as depression and mania
Mood Disorder
Symptoms of Mood Disorder
Sadness
Difficulty in sleeping
Hopelessness
Dispare
Patigue
Rejection
Change in Appetite
Mood Disorder also called
Affective Disorder
Bipolar Disorder is formerly known as
Manic Depression