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I. Generalized Anxiety a. lasts 1-10 minutes; feels like dying b. often mistaken for a heart attack, but further tests show it is a panic attack. c. [vocab] etiology - causation d. can occur to pampered children whose parents haven't allowed them to develop coping techniques. e. can occur to children whose parents are too unrealistic in their expectations, which sets kids up for failure. f. children can model stressful behavior; can be genetic. II. Phobic Disorders a. Categories i. specific phobias of a particular object, animal, activity, etc. ii. social phobias - general fear of going out to eat / going to school a. Agoraphobia - afraid of going into the public iii. how the 2 categories are similar - both result in person feeling a loss of control. b. sometimes specific phobias better than generalized anxiety because they narrow-down the anxiety to something specific. i. sometimes people can avoid the catalyst of panic attacks, but only if the fear isn't instrumental in everyday life. a. ie: snakes, peanut butter III. OCD a. Freudian approach - experience high guilt for some reason, which results in obsession. b. Treatment - therapy & anti-anxiety medication IV. PTSD a. Used to be called shell-shock, named after the traumatic experiences of war veterans. b. Longer the delay without intervention, the worse the PTSD is. c. PTSD's brought on when an event is unexpected. Causes the person to pass their **breaking point** - when a person's coping mechanisms are no longer sufficient V. Conversion Disorder - type of **somatoform disorder** a. Anxiety converted into a physical symptom, but there is no long-term physical damage typically b. Examples - paralysis, deafness. c. Example of a situation - A person has a big audition the following day that could make or break his or her career; they're excited but at the same time apprehensive. The morning of the audition the person wakes up with a sore throat and can't speak. The person's dilemma of wanting to go but being afraid is solved for him or her because the body cannot physically perform.

//These notes were taken in addition to the slides on the handout from Mr. Widener. Please follow along with the slides! ~ Meaghan Charlton (AP Psych C Block Day 2)//