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Module 28 Anxiety and Mood Disorders Anxiety and Anxiety Disorders • Anxiety: – A vague feeling of apprehension or nervousness • Anxiety disorder: – Where anxiety begins to take control and dominate a person’s life Types of Anxiety Disorders • Anxiety disorders are divided into: – Generalized Anxiety Disorder – Panic Disorder – Phobia – Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder – Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Module 28: Anxiety and Mood Disorders Anxiety Disorders: Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Panic Disorder Are you anxious? Generalized Anxiety Disorder • An anxiety disorder characterized by disruptive levels of persistent, unexplained feelings of apprehension and tenseness Symptoms of Generalized Anxiety • Must have at least three of the following: – Restlessness – Feeling on edge – Difficulty concentrating/mind going blank – Irritability – Muscle Tension – Sleep Disturbance Panic Disorder • An anxiety disorder characterized by sudden bouts of intense, unexplained panic • Panic attacks may happen several times a day Module 28: Anxiety and Mood Disorders Anxiety Disorders: Phobia Anxiety Disorders: Phobia • An anxiety disorder characterized by disruptive, irrational fears of specific objects or situations • The fear must be both irrational and disruptive. Phobias Social Phobia Agoraphobia • Phobias which • Fear of situations the produce fear in social person views as situations difficult to escape from • Fear of speaking in public • Fear of leaving one’s home or room in the house Anxiety Disorders: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder • An anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted, repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and actions (compulsions) • The obsessions/compulsions begin to take control of the person’s life. Anxiety Disorders: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder • An anxiety disorder characterized by reliving a severely upsetting event in unwanted recurring memories (flashbacks) and dreams Module 28: Anxiety and Mood Disorders Anxiety Disorders: Causes of Anxiety Disorders Biological Factors • Hereditary factors may result in a predisposition for developing anxiety disorders • Brain functions appear to be different in an anxiety disorder patient • Evolutionary factors may lead to anxiety disorders. Learning Factors • Through classical conditioning people may associate fear with an object. • Observational learning--watching another experiencing fearfulness--may result in developing fear. • Fear of an object may be reinforced when by avoiding the feared objects. Mood Disorders • Classification of disorders where there is a disturbance in the person’s emotions • Major types of mood disorders include: – Major Depressive Disorder – Bipolar Disorder – Dysthymic Disorder Are mood disorders becoming more common? Mania Depression • Period of abnormally • Extended period of high emotion and feeling sad, listless, activity and drained of energy Mood Disorders: Major Depressive Dysthymic Disorder Disorder • A mood disorder in which a person, for no apparent reason, experiences at least two weeks of depressed moods, diminished interest in activities, and other symptoms, such as feelings of worthlessness • Similar to M.D.D. but less severe and shorter in duration Mood Disorder: Bipolar Disorder • A mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness of depression and the overexcited and unreasonably optimistic state of mania • Used to be called manic-depressive disorder • Many times will follow a cyclical pattern Module 28: Anxiety and Mood Disorders Mood Disorders: Causes of Mood Disorders Causes of Mood Disorders Biological Factors • Mood disorders have a hereditary nature to them. • Depressed individuals tend to have depressed brains. – PET scans indicate less activity during periods of depression. Social-Cognitive Factors • Depression may be a variation of learned helplessness. • Depressed individuals attribute events using the following characteristics: – Stable: the bad situation will last for a long time – Internal: they are at fault – Global: all of life is bad