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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 • • • • • • • 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. • Symptoms: – – – – 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 ce/video_classroom1.php#.U4N0H_0x8Y U 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?
