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YERKES-DODSON LAW showed?
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that anxiety will help your performance up to a certain point, past that anxiety will hurt performance..
bell shaped curve |
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what is the key to anxiety disorders?
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Anxiety disorders tend to be chronic or recurrent and impair social or occupational function
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describe a panic attack
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A period of intense fear or discomfort, in which at least 4 of the following symptoms developed abruptly and reach a peak within 10 minutes:
Palpitations or a pounding heart beat Sweating Trembling or Shaking Shortness of breath or a sense of smothering Feeling of choking Chest pain or discomfort Nausea or abdominal distress Feeling dizzy, lightheaded or faint there are even more... |
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what is agoraphobia?
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Anxiety about being in places in situations from which escape might be difficult or embarrassing.
OR anxiety about help not being available if a panic attack occurs. Fears typically involve being outside fo the home, being in a crowd/line, being on a bridge, and traveling in a bus, train, or car. Situations are avoided or endured with distress or anxiety about having a panic attack Rule Out |
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what are the key features of panic disorder?
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Episodic attacks associated with fear and physical symptoms
Worry about having another attack May present with or without agoraphobia |
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Avoidance of certain places / situations due to fear of having a panic attack (with agoraphobia)..this is an example of?
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PANIC DISORDER
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describe the key features of AGORAPHOBIA WITHOUT HISTORY OF PANIC DISORDER
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Absence of panic disorder but may have had panic attack
Fear of being unable to get help in the event of having panic symptoms Leads to avoidance of a variety of situations |
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Fear of being outside the home alone; being in a crowd; traveling in a bus, train, or car; etc....example of?
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AGORAPHOBIA WITHOUT HISTORY OF PANIC DISORDER
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key feature of GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER
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Chronic uncontrollable worry about numerous events of everyday life
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Constant worrying about health, finances, job, family, ect., although concerns are unwarranted...example of?
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GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER
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key feature of SPECIFIC PHOBIA?
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Irrational fear of specific object or situation
Object or situation is avoided or endured with intense anxiety |
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key feature of SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER
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Exaggerated fear of embarrassing oneself in a social or performance setting
has to be present for at least 6 months! |
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commonly feared situations:
Public speaking Talking with authority figures Eating in public example of? |
SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER
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key feature of ocd?
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Distress related to specific themes (obsessions), which is temporarily relieved by engaging in certain repeated activities (compulsions)
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fear of contamination, so excessive handwashing....example?
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ocd
obessions are the thoughts compulsions are the behaviors** |
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key features of PTSD vs ASD
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Distress after exposure to a traumatic event involving actual or threatened death or serious injury
Symptoms last longer than 1 month in PTSD Symptoms last from 2 days to 4 weeks in ASD |
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Re-experiencing the trauma in flashbacks or nightmares for 2 weeks.....
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ACUTE STRESS DISORDER
would have to be a month to be ptsd |
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Distinguish between normal anxiety and anxiety disorders?
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if it impairs functioning=anxiety disorder
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