Generalized Anxiety Disorder
•Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) involves
persistent anxiety and chronic (uncontrollable)
worry
•The lifetime prevalence of GAD is 5%
•Women are twice as likely to develop GAD as
are men
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder - Mind Psychology - Lecture Slides, Slides of Psychology
Its Mind Psychology lecture. ts key points are: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Anxiety Disorder, Psychoanalytic View, Cognitive Behavioral View, Biological View, Facts and Statistics, Clinical Description, Autonomic Restriction, Heightened Muscle Tension, High Sensitivity to Threat in General
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) involves persistent anxiety and chronic (uncontrollable) worry
- The lifetime prevalence of GAD is 5%
- Women are twice as likely to develop GAD as are men
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder:
The “Basic” Anxiety Disorder?
Figure 5. Clients’ answers to interviewer’s question, “Do you worry excessively about minor things?” Docsity.com
Worrywart? Perfectionist? Tense and keyed up most of the time? Cross bridges before you get to them? Worry unproductive? Trouble Controlling Worry?
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Worry About Everything Worrying is Unproductive Cannot Stop Worrying Mental Agitation and Muscle Tension Interferes With Life Functioning Must Last for at Least 6 Months
Clinical Description
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Causes
Unclear and Puzzling? Tend to show Autonomic Restriction Heightened Muscle Tension High Sensitivity to Threat in General Threat Sensitivity is Automatic Avoid Negative Affect Related to Threat Docsity.com
Intense Cognitive Processing
General Biological & Psychological Vulnerability
Worry Process
Specific Psychological Vulnerability (Anxious Apprehension)
STRESS
Imagery Avoidance
Restricted Autonomic Response Docsity.com
Therapies for GAD
- Psychoanalytic therapy for GAD is similar to that of phobia (reveal sources of conflict)
- Behavioral therapy involves a combination of relaxation training and cognitive intervention
- Biological therapy uses administration of anxiolytic drugs to reduce anxiety - Drug therapy is effective while the drugs are taken
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
(OCD)
- Obsessions are intrusive and recurring thoughts
- Compulsions are repetitive behaviors or mental actions that are repeated over and over in order to reduce anxiety
- The lifetime prevalence of OCD is 1-2 %
- Women are more likely than men to develop OCD
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Etiology of OCD
- The psychoanalytic view is that OCD reflects arrest of personality development at the anal stage
- Behavioral accounts of OCD point to learned behaviors reinforced by fear reduction
- The biological view of OCD has focused on activation of the frontal lobes and basal ganglia
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The Basal Ganglia
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Culmination of All Anxiety Disorders Obsessions: Intrusive Thoughts, Images, or Urges That the Person Tries to Suppress or Eliminate Compulsions: Thoughts or Actions to Suppress the Obsessions and Provide Relief
Clinical Description
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Facts and Statistics
Occurs in 2.6% of Population Most Common Obsessions Contamination & Aggression Most Common Compulsions Checking & Washing Almost Equal Sex Ratio (F > M) Onset Early Adolescence to Mid-20s Docsity.com
Psychological Interventions Cognitive-Behavioral Treatments Response Prevention Rituals are Actively Prevented Exposure Systematic and Gradual Exposure to Feared Thoughts or Situations May Require Hospitalization Docsity.com
Drug Therapies Medications Show Promise Most Effective Medications Inhibit Reuptake of Serotonin May Benefit 60% of Patients
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