Anxiety Disorders

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Anxiety Disorders

• Module 28 Anxiety and Mood Disorders

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Anxiety and Anxiety Disorders

• Anxiety A vague feeling of apprehension or
  nervousness
• Anxiety disorder where anxiety begins to take
  control and dominate a persons life

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Types of Anxiety Disorders

• Anxiety disorders are divided into
• 1. Generalized Anxiety Disorder
• 2. Panic Disorder
• 3. Phobia
• 4. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
• 5. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

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Anxiety Disorder1. Generalized Anxiety Disorder

• An anxiety disorder characterized by disruptive
  levels of persistent, unexplained feelings of
  apprehension and tenseness
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Symptoms of Generalized Anxiety

• Must have at least three of the following
• Restlessness
• Feeling on edge
• Difficulty concentrating/mind going blank
• Irritability
• Muscle Tension
• Sleep Disturbance

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Anxiety Disorder2. Panic Disorder

• An anxiety disorder characterized by sudden bouts
  of intense, unexplained panic
• Panic attacks may happen several times a day

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Anxiety Disorders3. Phobias

• An anxiety disorder characterized by disruptive,
  irrational fears of specific objects or
  situations
• The fear must be both irrational and disruptive.
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Phobias
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Social Phobia Agoraphobia

• Social Phobia
• Phobias which produce fear in social situations
• Fear of speaking in public

• Agoraphobia
• Fear of situations the person views as difficult
  to escape from
• Fear of leaving ones home or room in the house

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Anxiety Disorders4. Obsessive-Compulsive
Disorder

• An anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted,
  repetitive thoughts and actions
• Obsessions repetitive thoughts
• Compulsions repetitive actions
• The obsessions/compulsions begin to take control
  of the persons life.
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Anxiety Disorders5. Post-traumatic Stress
Disorder

• An anxiety disorder characterized by reliving a
  severely upsetting event in unwanted recurring
  memories (flashbacks) and dreams
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Causes of Anxiety Disorders I. Biological
Factors

• Hereditary factors may result in a predisposition
  for developing anxiety disorders
• Brain functions appear to be different in an
  anxiety disorder patient
• Evolutionary factors may lead to anxiety
  disorders.

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Causes of Anxiety Disorders II. Learning Factors

• Through classical conditioning people may
  associate fear with an object.
• Observational learning--watching another
  experiencing fearfulness--may result in
  developing fear.
• Fear of an object may be reinforced when by
  avoiding the feared objects.

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Mood Disorders

• Classification of disorders where there is a
  disturbance in the persons emotions
• Major types of mood disorders include
• 1. Major Depressive Disorder
• 2. Dysthymic Disorder
• 3. Bipolar (Manic-Depression) Disorder

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Mania Depression

• Mania Period of abnormally high emotion and
  activity
• Depression Extended period of feeling sad,
  listless, and drained of energy

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Mood Disorders1. Major Depressive Disorder

• A mood disorder in which a person, for no
  apparent reason, experiences at least two weeks
  of depressed moods, diminished interest in
  activities, and other symptoms, such as feelings
  of worthlessness

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Mood Disorders2. Dysthymic Disorder

• Similar to major depressive disorder but less
  severe and shorter in duration

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Mood Disorders3. Bipolar Disorder

• A mood disorder in which the person alternates
  between the hopelessness of depression and the
  overexcited and unreasonably optimistic state of
  mania
• Used to be called manic-depressive disorder
• Many times will follow a cyclical pattern

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Mood Disorders
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Mood DisordersCauses of Mood Disorders

• Module 28 Anxiety and Mood Disorders

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Causes of Mood Disorders I. Biological Factors

• Mood disorders have a hereditary nature to them.
• Depressed individuals tend to have depressed
  brains.
• PET scans indicate less activity during periods
  of depression.

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Causes of Mood Disorders II. Social-Cognitive
Factors

• Depression may be a variation of learned
  helplessness.
• Depressed individuals attribute events using the
  following characteristics
• Stable the bad situation will last for a long
  time
• Internal they are at fault
• Global all of life is bad

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