Chapter 3 (Segment 1) Flashcards
Is a psychological disorder that involves excessive levels of negative emotions, such as nervousness, tension, worry, fright, and anxiety.
ANXIETY DISORDER
It is a generalized feeling of apprehension, fear, or tension that may be associated with a particular object or situation or may be free-floating, not associated with anything specific.
ANXIETY DISORDER
This can cause such distress that it interferes with a person’s ability to lead a normal life.
ANXIETY
Is defined as an unpleasant emotional state for which the cause is either not readily identified or perceived to be uncontrollable or unavoidable.
ANXIETY
Is an emotional and psychological response to a recognized external threat or a response to real danger or threat.
FEAR
This disorder involves excessive, unrealistic worry and tension, even if there is little or nothing to provoke the anxiety.
GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER
People with this disorder are plagued by constant thoughts or fears that cause them to perform certain rituals or routines.
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD)
This disorder keeps recurring attacks to a person of intense fear often with feeling of impending doom or death.
PANIC DISORDER
People with this condition have feeling of terror that strike suddenly and repeatedly with no warning.
PANIC DISORDER
Is 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)
People with this condition are often to be emotionally numb.
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)
Is an intense fear of a specific object or situation, such as snakes, heights, or flying.
SPECIFIC PHOBIAS
Is an exaggerated, unrealistic fear of a specific situation, activity, or object.
PHOBIA
