AP Psych: anxiety, ocd, and ptsd

anxiety

an intense feeling of unease, worry, or fear that something bad will happen

anxiety disorders

psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety

social anxiety

intense fear and avoidance of social situations

generalized anxiety disorder

-a person is continually tense, apprehensive, in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal

-excessive and uncontrollable worried

-more common in women than men

symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder

-excessive fear or worry that is not attached to a particular stimulus that lasts for at least 6 months

-difficulty concentrating

-agitated/irritable

-sleep-deprived

-trembling, twitching eyelids, sweating, fidgeting, headaches

-gastrointestinal problems

panic disorder

anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable, minutes-long episodes of intense dread in which a person may experience terror and accompanying chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensations; often followed by worry over another attck

panic disorder symptoms

recurrent, unexpected panic attacks over a period of at least one month and/or persistent concern over having another

agoraphobia

fear or avoidance of situations, such as crowds or wide open spaces, from which escape may be difficult

phobia

a persistent, irrational fear of a specific object, activity, or situation

zoophobia

fear of animals

arachnophobia

fear of spiders

acrophobia

fear of heights

hemophobia

fear of blood

claustrophobia

fear of tight spaces

aerophobia

fear of flying

obsessive compulsive disorder

disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions), actions (compulsions), or both

cycle of ocd

-obsessive (intrusive thought)

-anxiety or stress

-compulsive rituals

-relief

ocd related disorders

-body dysmorphic disorder

-hoarding disorder

-trichotillomania

-excoriation disorder

body dysmorphic disorder

preoccupation with an imagined or exaggerated defect in personal appearance

hoarding disorder

persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions because of a perceived need to save them

trichotillomania

recurrent, irresistible urges to pull out hair from your scalp, eyebrows, or other parts of the body

excoriation disorder

repeated picking at one's skin, which results in skin lesions

post-traumatic stress disorder

disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, hyper vigilance, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, numbness and/or insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience

post-traumatic growth

theory that people who endure psychological struggle following adversity can often see positive growth afterwards

behavioral perspective of anxiety

fears are learned and reinforced

cognitive perspective of anxiety

-what we remember

-what we pay attention to

-how we interpret stimuli

biological perspective of anxiety

-anxiety disorders run in families

-genes regulate the levels of neurotransmitters in our brain

evolutionary perspective of anxiety

-in some cases, fear/anxiety aids in our survival

-certain fears are easier to condition and harder to extinguish