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Module 66
UNIT 8 Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and PTSD
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| anxiety disorders | psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety. |
| social anxiety disorder | intense fear and avoidance of social situations. (Social Phobia) |
| maladaptive | not providing adequate adjustments to the environment. |
| generalized anxiety disorder | an anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal. |
| panic disorder | an anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable, minutes-long episodes of intense dread in which a person may experience terror and accompanying chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensations; often followed by worry over a possible next attack. |
| agoraphobia | fear or avoidance of situations, such as crowds or wide open places, where one has felt loss of control and panic. |
| phobia | an anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object, activity, or situation. |
| obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) | a disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions), actions (compulsions), or both. |
| posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) | a disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, hypervigilance, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, numbness of feeling, and/or insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience. |
| anterior cingulate cortex | a brain region that monitors our actions and checks for errors, seems especially likely to be hyperactive. |
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