MOOD TODAYS OBJECTIVES Identify the behavioral patterns that psychologists label as anxiety disorders Explain what causes anxiety disorders Describe several theories that try to explain mood disorders ID: 908304
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TYPES OF DISORDERS
ANXIETY
MOOD
Slide2TODAY’S OBJECTIVES
Identify the behavioral patterns that psychologists label as anxiety disorders.
Explain what causes anxiety disorders.
Describe several theories that try to explain mood disorders.
Slide3ANXIETY
A general state of dread or uneasiness that a person feels in response to a real or imagined danger
Intense anxiety may interfere with normal life
Most common type of mental illness in the US
Affects nearly 40 million Americans
Disorder
:
involves fears that are uncontrollable, disproportionate to the actual danger and disruptive of ordinary life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_
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Slide4ANXIETY DISORDERS
Characterized by unrealistic anxiety
Feature motor tension (jumpiness), hyperactivity (racing heart, dizziness) and apprehensive expectations and thoughts
5 major types
:
Generalized anxiety disorder
Panic Disorder
Phobia Disorder
Obsessive- Compulsive Disorder
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Slide5GENERALIZED ANXIETY
Different from everyday feelings of anxiety
Persistent anxiety for at least six months
Unable to pinpoint reasons for anxiety
Nervous most of the time
Takes a physical toll
Suffer from fatigue, tension, stomach problems, difficulty sleeping
Slide6SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER
Also called social phobia
Excessive fear of social situations
Characterized by extreme self-consciousness
Distorted thinking, false beliefs and negative opinions of others
http://
www.webmd.com/balance/video/too-scared-social-anxiety-disorder
Slide7PANIC DISORDER
Recurrent, sudden onsets of intense apprehension or terror
Often with no specific cause
Physical: chest pains, trembling, sweating, dizziness, and a feeling of helplessness
Celebrities: Darwin, Kim
Basinger
Women are twice as likely to suffer than men
Different hormone levels, coping differently
http://
health.discovery.com/tv-shows/specials/videos/anxious-shellys-panic-attacks.htm
Slide8PHOBIA DISORDERS
Irrational, overwhelming persistent fear of an object or situation
Interferes with daily life
People go to great lengths to avoid the thing causing the phobia
EX: John Madden – fear of flying
Takes a bus to every game
Behaviorists: learned phobia
Event happen to make one afraid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xge49FuX5v4
http://
now.msn.com/eric-berry-of-the-kansas-city-chiefs-is-afraid-of-horses
Slide9COMMON PHOBIAS
Acrophobia
: fear of high places
Aerophobia
: fear of flying
Arachnophobia
: fear of spiders
Claustrophobia
: fear of enclosed spacesHydrophobia: fear of water
Thanatophobia: Fear of dying
Slide10OBSESSIVE – COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD)
Anxiety-provoking thoughts that will not go away and/or urges to perform repetitive, ritualistic behaviors to prevent or produce some future situation
Obsession: recurrent thoughts
Compulsion: recurrent behaviors
Ritualistic acts that relieve the obsessions (thoughts)
Ex:
Howie
Mandel, Leo
Dicaprio
, David Beckham
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSZNnz9SM4g
Slide11POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)
Anxiety that develops through exposure to a traumatic event that has overwhelmed one’s ability to cope
Symptoms: flashbacks, avoidance, reduced emotions, difficulty w/ memory, impulsive outbursts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_H_mAm4a4s
http://
www.oprah.com/own-super-soul-sunday/Brian-Mancinis-Battle-with-Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder-Video_1
Slide12MOOD DISORDERS
Psychological disorders in which there is a primary disturbance of MOOD
Prolonged emotion that colors the individual's entire emotional state
Includes cognitive, behavioral, and physical symptoms
2 main types: depressive, and bipolar disorder
Slide13DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS
Mood disorder in which one suffers from
DEPRESSION
An unrelenting lack of pleasure in life
Severity varies
Ex: Sheryl Crow, Eric Clapton, Jim Carrey
Major Depressive Disorder
: involves significant depressive episodes (2 weeks or more)
Slide14MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER
9 symptoms:
Depressed mood most of the day
Reduced interests in activities
Weight loss or gain
Trouble sleeping
Lethargy
Loss of energy
Feeling of worthless or guiltProblems thinking or concentrating
Recurrent thoughts of suicide or deathNo history of manic episode (euphoric mood)More likely to happen in women
Slide15BIPOLAR DISORDER
Ups and downs in life take an extreme and often harmful tone
Characterized by extreme mood swings that include one or more episodes of mania
MANIA
: overexcited, unrealistically optimistic state
Manic state is followed by depressive episode