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chapter three: anxiety disorders
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| NEUROSIS | a old category which grouped together many minor mental disorders (discontinued in DSM-III) |
| SPECIFIC PHOBIA | an intense, irrational, disabling fear |
| AGORAPHOBIA | territorial apprehension, fear of being in exposed places, associated with panic attacks |
| COMORBIDITY | the coexistence or superimposition of two different disorders |
| ANXIETY | chronic, excessive worry; accompanied by somatic symptoms (e.g., palpitations) |
| OCD | intrusive, obsessive thoughts; irresistible, compulsive actions (e.g., checking, counting, cluttering, cleaning) |
| PTSD | battle fatique experienced by soldiers |
| XANAX, VALIUM | anti-anxiety medications |
| SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION | behavior mod technique useful on phobias |
| EPISODIC | panic attacks are a good example of this type of disorder which comes and goes |
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Crafton Hills College |
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