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Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety
alarm reaction to vague, future threat
In general...
frequent co-morbidity
few ethnic differences
females > males for most
only 1/5 seek Tx
Disorders
Panic
Phobias
GAD
OCD
PTSD
Panic Attacks
d/o & Dx criteria
More than 1 attack
Fear of another attack
2 times more likely for females than males
High Co-morbidity
Biological Model
2x MZ > DZ
Oversesitive chemoreceptors
low levels of GABA
Cognitive/Learning Models
Misperception and overprediction of threat due to anxiety sensitivity
Classical conditioning process of anxiety + interoceptive cues
Phobias
Dx criteria
Persistent and irrational fear > 6 mos.
Avoidance
Impairment/distress
Types
Specific phobias... zoophobia
Social phobia
Biological Model
Risk of getting a phobia is higher for kinship
Learning Model
Acquired via classical conditioning
Maintained via operant conditioning (avoidance)
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
(GAD)
Author
martyr01
ID
46664
Card Set
Psychology 270 exam 2
Description
Abnormal Psychology
Updated
2010-11-02T03:11:32Z
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