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acute PTSD
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Posttraumatic stress disorder diagnosed 1 to 3 months following the traumatic event.
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acute stress disorder
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Diagnosis of PTSD immediately post-trauma.
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agoraphobia
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Anxiety about being in places or situations from which escape might be difficult.
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animal phobia
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Unreasonable, enduring fear of animals or insects that usually develops early in life.
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anxiety
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Negative mood state with physical tension apprehension about the future.
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autonomic restrictors
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People with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) that show lower heart rate, blood pressure and respiration rate activity than do people with other anxiety disorders.
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behavioral inhibition system (BIS)
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Brain circuit in the limbic system that responds to threat signals by inhibiting activity and causing anxiety.
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blood injury injection phobia
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Unreasonable fear and avoidance of exposure to blood, injury, or the possibility of an injection. Victims experience fainting and a drop in blood pressure.
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choking phobia
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Fear and avoidance of swallowing pills, foods, and fluids, which may lead to significant weight loss. Also known as hypersensitive gag reflex or globus hystericus.
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chronic PTSD
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Posttraumatic stress disorder that endures longer than 3 months and is associated with greater avoidance and a higher likelihood of comorbidity with additional disorders.
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delayed-onset PTSD
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Posttraumatic stress disorder with onset more than 6 months after the traumatic event.
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depersonalization
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Altering of perception that causes people to temporarily lose a sense of their own reality; most prevalent in people with the dissociative disorders. There is often a feeling of being outside observers of their own behavior.
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fear
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Immediate reaction to present danger or life-threatening emergencies.
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fight/flight system (FFS)
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Immediate alarm and escape response resembling human panic.
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generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
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Anxiety disorder characterized by continuous worry that is distressing , accompanied by physical symptoms of tenseness, irritability, and restlessness.
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illness phobia
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Fear of the possibility of contracting a disease combined with irrational behaviors to avoid contracting it.
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information transmission
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Warnings about the feared object repeated so often that the person develops a phobia solely on the basis of hearing them.
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interoceptive avoidance
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Avoidance of situations or activities, such as exercise, that produce internal physical arousal similar to the beginnings of a panic attack.
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locus cereleus
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Area in the hindbrain that is part of a noradrenergic circuit. It is involved in emergency and alarm reactions.
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monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors
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Medications that treat depression and severe social anxiety by blocking an enzyme that breaks down the neurotransmitters norepinephrine and serotonin.
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natural environment phobia
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Fear of heights, storms, and water.
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obsessions
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Recurrent thoughts or impulses the client seeks to suppress while recognizing they are not imposed by outside forces.
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obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
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Anxiety disorder involving unwanted,thoughts and impulses, as well as repetitive actions intended to suppress them.
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panic
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Sudden, overwhelming fright or terror.
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panic attack
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Abrupt fear or discomfort accompanied by dizziness or heart palpitations.
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panic control treatment (PCT)
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Cognitive-behavioral treatment for panic attacks, involving gradual exposure to feared object or situation and modification of perceptions about them.
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panic disorder with agoraphobia (PDA)
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Fear and avoidance of situations the person believes might induce a panic attack.
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phobic avoidance
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Extreme shunning of feared objects or situations displayed by people with phobias.
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posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
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Emotional disorder that follows exposure to a severe helplessness- or fear-inducing threat. The victim reexperiences the trauma, avoids stimuli associated with it, and develops a numbing of responsiveness.
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separation anxiety disorder
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Excessive, enduring fear in some children that harm will come to them or their parents while they are apart.
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situational phobia
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Anxiety involving enclosed places (for example, claustrophobia) or public transportation (for example, fear of flying).
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situationally bound, or cued, panic attack
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Panic attack triggered by a specific object or situation (eg snake or crossing a bridge).
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situationally predisposed panic attack
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Circumstance that increases the likelihood a panic attack to occur.
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social phobia
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Fear and avoidance of social or performance situations.
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specific phobia
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Fear of a specific object or situation that markedly interferes with daily life functioning.
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unexpected, or uncued, panic attack
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Panic attack occurs randomly, unexpected.
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