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Anxiety -
anxiety disorder
Question | Answer |
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Acute Stress Disorder | A disorder similar to post-traumatic stress disorder, except that the symptoms develop whithin one month of the stressor, are typically milder, and last up to four weeks |
agoraphobia | dear o febig in a situation that might induce a panic attack or in a situation from which escape might be difficult should a panic attack occur. |
direct traumatic conditioning | process by which a person develops a phobia due to a past negative encounter with the feared object or situation. |
fear | immediate alarm reactin to present danger or life-threatening emergency |
generalized social disorder | involves significant, debilitating anxiety in most social situations |
fear hierarchy | hierarchy of fears organized by intensity |
decatastrophizing | replacing catastriphic thoughts with more rational, calming thoughts in an attempt to reduce anxiety and ward off a panic attack. |
flooding | continually expose an individual to the most feared object or situation until the fear is resolved. |
anxiety | negative emotions and somatic symptoms of tension in which a person apprehensively anticipates future danger or misfortune. |
acute stress disorder | A disoder similar to post-traumatic disorder, except that the symptoms develop within one month of the stressor, are typically milder, and last up to four weeks. |