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three components of emotion
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- physiological
- cognitive
- behavioural
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Freuds view on anxiety
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- two types: objective fears and neurotic anxiety
- neurotic: stems from ego about unwanted drive
- ego initiates defence against internal pressures
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examples of anxiety disorders
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- agoraphobia
- social anxiety disorder
- panic disorder
- generalized anxiety disorder
- specific phobia
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biological factors of anxiety
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- genetics, 30-50% hereditary
- neurotransmitters/ neuroanatomy mechanisms (amygdala, thalamus, hypothalamus, midbrain, brain stem, and spinal chord)
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psychological factors of anxiety
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- behavioural factors (conditioning)
-cognitive factors (biased perceptions, see the world as dangerous) - Interpersonal Factors ( attachment styles)
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Mowrer two factor theory
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- fears develop through classical conditioning and are maintained through operant conditioning (avoidance, etc)
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Barlow’s triple vulnerable etiology for anxiety
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- biological
- non specific psychological
- specific psychological
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Panic disorder
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- must have recurrent unexpected panic attacks (2 for diagnosis)
- 4/13 symptoms (psycho and physio)
- assessment: clinical interview, behavioural measurement, psychophsiological tests, self-report
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Agoraphobia
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- fear of being in situations where you cannot escape, help is not available
- panic attacks often trigger agoraphobia
- avoid fear situations
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Alarm theory
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- panic attack result from false alarm response to emotional cues
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specific phobia
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- types: situational, animal, Blood injury injection (BII), natural environmental, and other
- diagnosis: persistent fear, exposure causes unreasonable distress, interfere w everyday
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SAD
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- social anxiety disorder
- lasts 6 or more months
- most social settings, or specific activities
- fear of being negatively evaluated
- intense
- diagnosis: structured/semistructured interview, self report
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GAD
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- generalized anxiety disorder
- pathological worry (essessive, chronic)
- diagnosis: excessive worry most days over 6 months, difficulty controlling worrying, 3 or more symptoms (restless, tired easy, difficulty concentrating, irritability, tension, sleep prob)
- worry about everything rather than specific domain
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OCD
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- obsessive compulsive disorder
- recurrent obsession and compulsions
-presence of either O or C - intrusiveness/ uncontrollable/ unwanted
- subtype: contamination/washing, need for order/symmetry, and checking behaviours
- basil ganglia and frontal cortex
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Obsessions and compulsions
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- obsession: uncontrollable thoughts or ideas
- Compulsions: behaviours that are intended to reduce anxiety
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TAF
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- thought action fusion
- fusion of thoughts and behaviours
- likelihood (thinking increases probability of coming true) and moral (having a thought is the same as doing said thought)
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BDD
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- Body dysmorphic disorder
- flaws of physical appearance
- cog distortions, obsessions and compulsions
- treatment: cognitive behavioural approaches (exposure and response prevention (ERP), and meds (SSRIs))
- suffer many hours each day
- high suicide rate
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PTSD
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- post traumatic stress disorder
- diagnosis: exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence
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types of ptsd symtoms
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- intrusion: involuntary memories, distressing dreams, dissociative reactions
- avoidance symptoms: avoid external reminders, memories or thoughts
- alterations in cog and mood: inability to remember, neg beliefs/expectations, neg emotional state
- alterations in arousal/ reaction: outbursts, reckless, hyper vigilance, exaggerated startle, sleep disturbance, concentration issues
- flashbacks, episodes
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Dual representation theory
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- trauma memories stored in non verbal sensory based form, non trauma verbal.
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mean making theories
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- trauma makes ppl integrate beliefs w realities faced
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Treatment for anxiety and related disorders
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- Psychological interventions: exposure based behavioural interventions, Cognitive behavioural therapy, cost effectiveness, cognitive restructuring, thought records, exposure, desensitization, Worry imagery exposed
- Pharmacotherapy: Benzodiazepines, antidepressants
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Hot cognitions
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- deep cognitive change, connecting cognitions to emotionally charged responses
- thoughts linked to significant emotional reactions
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organic vs dissociative amnesia
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- medical examination: d=no physical abnormalities, o=brain damage
- nature of memory loss: d=triggered by trauma, o=specific brain regions/functions, slow decline
- presence of psycho factors: d=trauma cause, o=brain cause
- different treatment
- onset: o=gradual or sudden, d=spontaneous
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DID
- diagnosis: two or more identities, recurrent gaps in memory, disruption in identity, distress/impairment
- features: host personalty, alters, amnesia between identities, trauma as a factor, comorbidity
- treatment: psychotherapy (CBT, DBT, EMDR), medication (for symptoms), and collaboration and safety planning
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Depersonalization/ derealization disorder
- robot-like sensation
- chronic
- highly comorbid
- treatment: psychotherapy, medication, mindfulness/relaxation techniques, collaborative care
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causes for disassociation disorders
- trauma: adaptive response, diathesis stress formulation, genetic factors, neurobiological correlates, attachment
- socio cognitive: socially learned, cultural influence, skepticism
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feigned symptoms
exaggerating existing symptoms
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treatment for dissociative disorders
- medication
- hypnosis
- psychotherapy (must establish safety)
- neurosurgical (rTMS)
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somatic symptom and related disorders
- somatic symptom disorder (illness may or may not be present)
- illness anxiety (worry about serious illness w out actual illness present)
- functional neurological symptom disorder (conversion, affect voluntary motor/sensory function)
- factitious disorder (faking/inducing illness symptoms for attention/sympathy/care)
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conversion disorder
- no underlying medical condition, but loss of functioning in part of the body
- symptoms: motor/sensory deficit, seizure like behaviours
- medical evaluation for diagnosis after medical issue ruled out
- diagnosis criteria: inconsistencies overtime, unusual symptom patterns, physiological inconsistancies
- fMRI
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SSD
- somatic symtom disorder
- many somatic symptoms, may or may not be diagnosed with medical disease
- symptoms cause distress in life
- anxiety abt health/symptoms
- medical seeking behaviour
- sensitive to minor body symptoms (misinterpretation)
- long term process of illness and disease
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illness anxiety disorder
- fear of having disease even though they have no disease
- no bodily symptoms, only concerned with being ill
- illness preoccupation for at least 6 months
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factitious disorder
- munchausen
- fake symptoms or illness for sympathy/attention
- no external reward (insurance money)
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treatment of somatic disorders
- meds (antidepressants)
- psychotherapy
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chapter 142
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chapter 245
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chapter 317
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chapter 414
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chapter 535
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chapter 72
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chapter 88
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chapter 9: schizophrenia37
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chapter 10: eating disorders17
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chapter 11: substance addiction19
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chapter 12: PD33
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chapter 13: sexual dysfunctions, gender, & paraphilic disorders33
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chapter 14: neurodevelopmental disorders29
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chapter 15: behaviour/emotional disorders of children/adolescents21
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chapter 16: aging and mental health28
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chapter 17: therapies25
