Anxiety based disordersestimated 20 million peopleneurotic nucleusfeelings of inadecuacy & inferioritymisevaluation of everyday stressanxietyAvoidance repsonses and defense mechanismsavoiding stress situationpsychodynacis theory (ego/ self defense)Lack of insight into the self-defeating nature of the individualdisturbed interpersonal relationshipsguilt and dissatisaction with lifethen back to top bullet point, a vicious cycleneurotic paradoxstress relief is reinforcing in short termbut: maladaptive in long term due to reinforement of faulty coping responsesworking in the short term but not the long term (counter-productive)State-traitFree-floating: from situation to situation, same level of anxietySymptoms of anxietyfearfulinefficientdisturbed interpersonal relationsunhappyTypes of anxiety-based disorderssomatoform disordersbody distortions, self imageDissociative disordersAnxiety Disordersgeneralized anxiety disordersfree-floating6 months: restleness7s, muscle tension, sleep issues, 2:1 women to men… women more prone to admit than menPanic attacksPhobiasunreasonable fears of harmless objects or events (symbolic fears)agoraphobiaFear of wide open places (root of the word means greek market place)brenham case: jackie s.Claustrophobiafalling in wells, locked in closetsAcrophobiabourgeois pikes peak incidentOCDunwanted thoughts, images and impulsesFear, disgust, doubt about ideasGets in the way of productive behaviorCompulsions: repeatitve behaviors to neutralize or counteract obsessionstemporary escapeavoidane of triggerstime-consuming, intrusiveCommon obsessions: perfectionism, sexual thoughts, religious obsessions, harm, losing controlContaminationgerms, disease, body fluids, urine & feces, household chemicals, dirtEXAM 5 (CH 5,6,7) 04/14/2014ANXIETY BASED DISORDERS-ESTIMATED 20 MILLION PEOPLE-NEUROTIC NUCLEUSOFEELINGS OF INADECUACY & INFERIORITYOMISEVALUATION OF EVERYDAY STRESSOANXIETY OAVOIDANCE REPSONSES AND DEFENSE MECHANISMSAVOIDING STRESS SITUATIONPSYCHODYNACIS THEORY (EGO/ SELF DEFENSE)OLACK OF INSIGHT INTO THE SELF-DEFEATING NATURE OF THE INDIVIDUALODISTURBED INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPSOGUILT AND DISSATISACTION WITH LIFEOTHEN BACK TO TOP BULLET POINT, A VICIOUS CYCLE-NEUROTIC PARADOX OSTRESS RELIEF IS REINFORCING IN SHORT TERMOBUT: MALADAPTIVE IN LONG TERM DUE TO REINFOREMENT OF FAULTY COPING RESPONSESOWORKING IN THE SHORT TERM BUT NOT THE LONG TERM (COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE)STATE-TRAITFREE-FLOATING: FROM SITUATION TO SITUATION, SAME LEVEL OF ANXIETY SYMPTOMS OF ANXIETY-FEARFUL-INEFFICIENT-DISTURBED INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS-UNHAPPY TYPES OF ANXIETY-BASED DISORDERS-SOMATOFORM DISORDERSOBODY DISTORTIONS, SELF IMAGE-DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS ANXIETY DISORDERS-GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDERSOFREE-FLOATINGO6 MONTHS: RESTLENESS7S, MUSCLE TENSION, SLEEP ISSUES, 2:1 WOMENTO MEN… WOMEN MORE PRONE TO ADMIT THAN MEN OPANIC ATTACKS -PHOBIASOUNREASONABLE FEARS OF HARMLESS OBJECTS OR EVENTS (SYMBOLIC FEARS)AGORAPHOBIAFEAR OF WIDE OPEN PLACES (ROOT OF THE WORD MEANS GREEK MARKET PLACE)-BRENHAM CASE: JACKIE S.CLAUSTROPHOBIA FALLING IN WELLS, LOCKED IN CLOSETSACROPHOBIABOURGEOIS PIKES PEAK INCIDENT -OCDOUNWANTED THOUGHTS, IMAGES AND IMPULSESOFEAR, DISGUST, DOUBT ABOUT IDEASOGETS IN THE WAY OF PRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR OCOMPULSIONS: REPEATITVE BEHAVIORS TO NEUTRALIZE OR COUNTERACT OBSESSIONSTEMPORARY ESCAPEAVOIDANE OF TRIGGERSTIME-CONSUMING, INTRUSIVE OCOMMON OBSESSIONS: PERFECTIONISM, SEXUAL THOUGHTS, RELIGIOUS OBSESSIONS, HARM, LOSING CONTROLCONTAMINATIONGERMS, DISEASE, BODY FLUIDS, URINE & FECES, HOUSEHOLD CHEMICALS,
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