Week 9 - Anxiety and Mood Disorders Flashcards
1
Q
What is the experience of anxiety?
A
it is universal and adaptive - helps to prepare for and respond to ‘threat and challenges’
2
Q
What are anxiety disorders?
A
anxiety which is:
- out of proportion to the threat posed
- constant or frequent occurring
- persistent
- disruptive to everyday life
3
Q
What are some different anxiety disorders?
A
- social anxiety
- panic disorder
- phobias
- generalised anxiety disorder
4
Q
What are the common symptoms of anxiety disorders?
A
- physiological symptoms of panic
- attention and cognitive biases such as selectively attending to threatening information
- dysfunctional beliefs
5
Q
What does panic feel like?
A
- shortness of breath
- can’t rationalise
- confusion
- shaky
- racing heart
- sweat
- sudden, intense feeling of apprehension
6
Q
What are the symptoms of panic disorder?
A
breathlessness heart palpitations perspiring dizziness hyperventilating nausea trembling depersonalisation tingling discrete periods of intense fear or discomfort
7
Q
What are the biological theories of panic disorder?
A
- focusses of the role of hyperventilation
- rapid shallow breathing
- carbon dioxide exhaled out so lower levels in the blood
- cycle
