a psychological disorder characterized by abnormal inappropriate worry or fear.

Facts and Statistics

Females are more prone to Anxiety Disorder than male. Approximately 1 in 6 or 16.40% or 44.6 million people in USA
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Facts and Statistics

Mortality Rate

USA S.Korea Mexico

23 deaths 21 deaths 6 deaths

Canada Norway

5 deaths
3 deaths
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>an anxiety disorder that is characterized by sudden attacks of fear and panic. Panic Attacks may occur without a known reason but more frequently they are triggered by fear producing events or thoughts >word panic originates from the Greek woodland god Pan, who was a frightening figure, part human, part goat,
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Men vs. Women

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Data on Panic Disorder

2.5 2 1.5 Male Female

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0.5 0 15-25 35-44

Age (years)
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Panic Disorder Possible Causes:

Biological Social factor Genetic Link

Environmental Cause

Fight or Flight Response Theory

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http://panicdisorder.about.com/od/causes/a/pdcauses.htm

Panic Disorder Symptoms

Panic Disorder Treatments

Psychodynamic Treatment

CognitiveBehavioral Therapy

Combination Treatments

Dont Panic

pharmacotherapy

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Famous Persons with Panic Disorder

Michael Jackson

Isaac Newton
Abraham Lincoln Nicole Kidman Scarlett Johansson

Mental disorder characterized by obsessions and compulsions

Obsession: An unwanted thought or idea with which a person is preoccupied Compulsion: the feeling that one is obliged to perform a behavior even if one prefers not to do so

Test Yourself !!!

1. I frequently have intrusive thoughts about dirt, contamination, germs and impurities.

2. I often think about or have images of harm, injury, or misfortune happening to myself or people who are close to me.
3. I have a great deal of difficulty stopping certain thoughts. They seem to repeat in my mind no matter what I do to stop them. 4. I frequently doubt or question whether I did my daily tasks and chores correctly. I spend a lot of time thinking about how well I do daily tasks and activities. 5. I am overly concerned about making mistakes in almost everything I do.

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Test Yourself !!!

6. Daily decisions, even simple or common decisions, often take me a very long time to resolve. 7. I often feel compelled to clean myself, wash my hands, keep my clothes clean, or keep my house in perfect order. If things are not extremely clean or tidy, I become very anxious. 8. On a daily basis I check and recheck ordinary tasks several times to make sure I have done them correctly or completely. 9. I frequently follow rigid or strict routines and paterns of behavior while performing everyday tasks such as getting dressed, preparing food, bathing, or getting ready for work or school. And/Or I keep most of my things in a very particular order and become anxious if things are changed. 10. I seem to have very little control over my repetitive or superstitious actions and behaviors.

Signs/ Symptoms Have repeated thoughts or images about many different things, of Do the same rituals over and over OCD Can't control the unwanted thoughts and
behaviors

Don't get pleasure when performing the behaviors or rituals, but get brief relief from the anxiety the thoughts cause
Spend at least 1 hour a day on the thoughts and rituals, which cause distress and get in the way of daily life.

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Possible Cause
Chemical and brain dysfunction Genetics

Infection

Shame and Doubt

Depression

Psychodynamics

Experts Advice

SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor)

Behavioral Therapy Psychotherapy

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Speech anxiety or fear of public speaking. Fear of heights.

Glossophobia Acrophobia

Fear of insects and bugs.

Entomophobia/ Insectophobia Aquaphobia

Necrophobia

Abnormal fear of water.

Fear of death or dead thing.
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Unrealistic fear of a specific stimulus. Women tend to be twice as likely to suffer from a phobia compared to men. Fears during childhood are: animals, dentists, blood injury and natural environments. Adolescence and early adulthood fears are: claustrophobia and agoraphobia.

Causal Development of

- Classical conditioning model: Eg: dog=CS, bite=UCS -Cultural factor -Seligmans preparedness theory -Genetics

Phobia Symptoms heartbeat rapid

trouble breathing feeling unsteady

sweating

shaking

nausea

Exposure to the fear object, circumstances

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibator (SSRI)

Thank You . Joy Aimee M. Chang

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