Psych. exam 3 chapter 5

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Created Mar 22, 2010
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Phobia 
 
a disruptive fear of a particular object or situation that is out of proportion to any danger...
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Specific Phobia
 
Fear of objects or situations that is out of proportion to any real danger-fear of flying,...
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Social Phobia
 
fear of unfamiliar people or social scrutiny
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Panic Disorder
 
anxiety about recurrent panic attacks, frequent attacks unrelated to specific situations (pa's...
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Generalized anxiety disorder
 
uncontrollable worry for atleast 6 months-excessive, uncontrollable, and long lasting-symptoms:...
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obsessive-compulsive disorder
 
obsessions, which are uncontrollable thoughts, impulses or images    (irrational) compulsions,...
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post-traumatic stress disorder
 
after math of a traumatic experience in which the person reexperiences the tramatic event,-high...
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acute stress disorder
 
similar to post-tramatic stress disorder-occurs for less than 4 weeks after
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Panic attack
 
sudden attack of intense apprehension, terror, and feeling of impending doom-physical symptoms:...
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Agoraphobia
 
anxiety about situations in which it would be embarrassing or difficult to escape if panic...
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subthreshold symptoms
 
symptoms that don't meet full diagnostic criteria
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person with one anxiety disorder has what % chance of developing a second. and what % of developing...
 
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odds of developing and anxiety disorder in lifetime
 
1 in 4

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