Anxiety Is a general state of dread/uneasiness –Reaction to vague/imagined dangers Is Disorder if anxiety is out of proportion to situation If intense, may interfere with normal functioning –Unable to rid self of worries/fears –Physical symptoms

Phobic Disorder Severe anxiety focused on a particular object, animal or activity that seems out of proportion to situation Specific phobias –Focus on almost anything Social phobias –Fear of embarassment in social settings Agoraphobia –Fear of public places Treatment –Experience feared object under safe conditions

Panic Disorder Anxiety disorder manifested in form of panic attacks –panic-sudden feeling of overwhelming terror Symtoms vary person to person –May include Sense of smothering, dizziness, nausea, chest pains May be inherited; may be association of physiological reactions with disaster

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Obsession: uncontrollable pattern of thoughts Compulsion: repeatedly perform irrational acts May develop as diversion from real fears/anxiety Compulsions provide something done right Runs in families

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Victims of traumatic events experience the original event in the form of dreams or flashbacks Affected: military veterans, survivors of natural disasters, victims of human aggression or unnatural catastrophes Not everyone experiences PTSD Social support potentially protects victims from PTSD