Transcript Anxiety Disorders - Freeman Public Schools

Anxiety Disorders
Lesson 16-2
Bell Ringer
• Read intro p. 455
Anxiety
• A general state of dread or uneasiness a
person feels as a response to a real or
imagined danger
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Anxiety is out of proportion to cause
Can interfere with normal functioning
Affects 15% of adults
Often refuse to give up their behavior for more
effective ways of dealing with anxiety.
Anxiety
• Anxiety usually leads to physical symptoms
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Muscular tension
Poor appetite
Diarrhea
Difficulty sleeping
• Learning can cause certain anxieties to be
generalized to other situations
Anxiety
• Can be inherited
• Environmental factors, such as
unpredictable traumatic experiences in
childhood, can lead to anxiety.
Phobia Disorder
• When severe anxiety is focused on a
particular object, animal, or activity that is
out of proportion to the real danger
involved- phobia
• Develop elaborate plans to avoid what they
fear
• Range from mild to extreme
Panic Disorder
• A feeling of sudden, helpless terror- panic
• Symptoms include: sense of smothering,
choking, difficulty breathing, nausea
• Usually last just a few minutes
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
• Obsession- having the same thoughts over
and over
• Compulsion- repeatedly performing the
same actions
• Runs in families- maybe genetic
• Even though they realize their behavior is
irrational, they are unable to stop them.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• When a person feels long-term effects after
a traumatic event
– Veterans
– Survivors of natural disasters
– Victims of human aggression
• Experience “flashbacks” and nightmares
• May experience insomnia and guilt