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4 symptoms that categorize anxiety
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- emotions: fear/worry (fear, anx, irritability, overwhelmed)
- physical sensations (racing heart, trouble sleeping/eating, tension, upset stomach)
- avoidance behaviour (avoiding activities that cause anxiety, withdrawal)
- catastrophic thoughts (rumination abt worst possible outcomes, self conscious thought, worry:what if)
2
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fear disorders
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- panic disorder
- agoraphobia
- SAD
- Specific phobia
- OCD
3
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fear definition
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- basic human emotion in response to perceived danger/threat
- evolutionary adaptive ‘fight or flight’ response
4
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HPA axis
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- hyopthalamic pituitary adrenal axis
- stressful event>brain>hypothalamus>(chemical message)>pituitary gland>(hormone)>adrenal glands>cortisol
5
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fight or flight response described
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- mobilizes physiological resources needed to cope w acute life threatening danger
- diverts blood to major muscle groups to permit fighting or fleeing
6
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fight or flight physiological responses
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- increased heart rate
- increased rate of breathing
- constrict blood vessels
- increase sweat glands
- dilate pupils
- decrease blood supply to brain and other major organs
7
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anxiety def
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- emotional response to anticipation of future threat
- normal human emotion that is evolutionarily adaptive
8
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when does anxiety turn into anxiety disorder
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- anxiety is out of proportion to the actual threat posed by situation
9
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what determines a persons response to a situation
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- psychology (personality, cog style, symtoms)
- neurobiology (genetics, brain morphology/function)
- context (prior stress exposure, social location)
10
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role of avoidance in maintaining and anxiety
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- rapid increasing anxiety gives urge to escape
- a common (mistake) expectation that anx will cont to increase to catastrophic level
- in reality, anxiety naturally decreases w exposure
11
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what happens if someone escape a situation at peak anxiety
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- short term relief
- long term heightening and generalization of anx
- no long term solution
12
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fear and exposure
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- exposure to fear object/situation results in habituation and reduction of fear
- fear often reduces faster w repeated exposure
