Transcript Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety Disorders
Chapter 18
Section 2
What is Anxiety?
• Anxiety- A psychological state
characterized by tension and
apprehension, foreboding, and dread.
• Anxiety refers to a general state of dread
or uneasiness that occurs in response to a
vague or imagined danger.
Physical Signs and Symptoms of
Anxiety
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Trembling
Sweating
Rapid Heart Rate
Shortness of Breath
Increased blood pressure
Flushed Face
Feelings of faintness or light headedness
Types of Anxiety Disorders
• Phobic Disorder
• Panic Disorders and
Agoraphobia
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder
• Obsessive-Compulsive
Disorder
• Stress Disorders
Phobic Disorder
• Phobia- an excessive, irrational fear out of
proportion to the actual danger.
• Most common Anxiety disorder
• The most common phobias are:
• Zoophobia- a fear of animals
• Claustrophobia- a fear of enclosed
spaces
• Acrophobia- a fear of heights
• Arachnophobia- a fear of spiders
• Hematophobia- a fear of blood
• Aviaphobia- a fear of air travel
• Social Phobia- a fear of social situations
Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia
• Panic Attack- an episode of intense dread
in which a person experiences terror and
other frightening sensations, such as chest
pain, rapid heartbeat, or choking.
• Agoraphobia- a fear of crowded, public
places.
• Most people with Agoraphobia have panic attacks
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
• Obsessions are unwanted thoughts,
ideas, or mental images that occur over
and over again.
• Compulsions are repetitive ritual
behaviors, often involving checking or
cleaning something.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder refers to
intense, persistent feelings of anxiety that
are caused an experience so traumatic
that it would produce stress in almost
anyone.
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Flashbacks
Nightmares
Numberness of feelings
Aviodance of stimuli associated with the trauma
– Increased tension
Writing Prompt
• You are an armed soldier in Iraq and a 10year-old boy is about to throw a grenade
at your squad that could kill or wound at
least five or six of your fellow soldiers.
Would you shoot the boy? Why or why
not?
• http://www.pbs.org/pov/soldiersofconscien
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Questions to answer
• What parameters (who, when, why, how) would you
set around killing in wartime?
• How would your justification for taking human life
apply to the issue of capital punishment?
• What is your position on killing in war? Explain your
argument. Does your position change in response to
certain wars (Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, World War II,
etc.)?
• If our country is attacked, how should we defend our
families and ourselves?