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Anxiety and Mood Disorders Module 28

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Anxiety and Mood Disorders

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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

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Types of Anxiety Disorders

• Anxiety disorders are divided into:– Generalized Anxiety Disorder– Panic Disorder– Phobia– Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder– Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

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Anxiety Disorders:Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Panic

Disorder

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Are you anxious?

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder

• An anxiety disorder characterized by disruptive levels of persistent, unexplained feelings of apprehension and tenseness

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaPN9KQoYbs

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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

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Panic Disorder

• An anxiety disorder characterized by sudden bouts of intense, unexplained panic

• Panic attacks may happen several times a day

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Anxiety Disorders:Phobia

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Anxiety Disorders:Phobia

• An anxiety disorder characterized by disruptive, irrational fears of specific objects or situations

• The fear must be both irrational and disruptive.

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Phobias

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Social Phobia Agoraphobia

• Phobias which produce fear in social situations

• Fear of speaking in public

• Fear of situations the person views as difficult to escape from

• Fear of leaving one’s home or room in the house

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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.

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Anxiety Disorders:Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

• An anxiety disorder characterized by reliving a severely upsetting event in unwanted recurring memories (flashbacks) and dreams

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Anxiety Disorders:Causes of Anxiety

Disorders

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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.

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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.

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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

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Are mood disorders becoming more common?

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Mania Depression

• Period of abnormally high emotion and activity

• Extended period of feeling sad, listless, and drained of energy

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Mood Disorders:Major Depressive DysthymicDisorder 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

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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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHlyU

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Mood Disorders:Causes of Mood

Disorders

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Causes of Mood Disorders

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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.

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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

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