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Module 34 Anxiety, Dissociative, and Personality Disorders James A. McCubbin, PhD Clemson University Linda Zimmerman Oakton Community College. Anxiety Disorders. Common and uncommon fears. Anxiety . Some anxiety is necessary to keep us safe to keep us motivated
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Module 34 Anxiety, Dissociative, and Personality Disorders James A. McCubbin, PhD Clemson University Linda Zimmerman Oakton Community College
Anxiety Disorders • Common and uncommon fears
Anxiety • Some anxiety is necessary • to keep us safe • to keep us motivated • Genes determine our sensitivity • Serotonin transporter works on synapse • We do fine unless great stress occurs
Anxiety Disorders • Anxiety Disorders • distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety
Anxiety Disorders • Most common psychiatric disorder in U.S. • Almost 90% of people with anxiety also have depression. • The connection between the amygdala and hypothalamus can create body stress reactions. • The prefrontal cortex should shut down with inappropriate anxiety, but during anxiety it does not. • Some current research found elevated levels of the hormone, norepinephrine.
Anxiety: Our 10 Greatest Fears Men’s top three: Buried alive Heights Snakes Women’s top three: Snakes Being tied up Buried alive Men and Women • Snakes • Being buried alive • Heights • Being tied up • Drowning • public speaking • Hell • Cancer • Tornadoes/hurricanes • Fire
Mental Disorders - Anxiety 1. Generalized Anxiety Disorder 2. Panic Disorder 3. Phobias 4. Social Anxiety Disorder 5. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder 6. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Activity: Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale
Anxiety Disorders 1. Generalized Anxiety Disorder • person is tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal
Anxiety Disorders 2. Panic Disorder • marked by a minutes-long episode of intense dread in which a person experiences • terror and accompanying chest pain • choking • other frightening sensations
Anxiety Disorders 3. Phobias • persistent, irrational fear of a specific object or situation Help! Keep that bird away from me!
Acrophobia: Heights Ophidiophobia: Snakes Aerophobia: Flying Arachnophobia: Spiders Ornithophobia: Birds Agoraphobia: Open spaces Astraphobia: Lightning Mikrophobia: Germs Phonophobia: Speaking aloud Brontophobia: Thunder Trichophobia: Hair Anthropophobia: People 3. Phobias – Fear of…
Gephyrophobia: Bridges Herpetophobia: Reptiles Ailurophobia: Cats Murophobia: Mice Pyrophobia: Fire Claustrophobia: Closed spaces Numerophobia: Numbers Thanatophobia: Death Anthophobia: Flowers Cynophobia: Dogs Nyctophobia: Darkness Aquaphobia: Water 3. Phobias – Fear of…
Anxiety Disorders 4. Social Anxiety Disorder • Sometimes called Social Phobia • characterized by intense fear in social situations • causes considerable distress and impaired ability to function in at least some parts of daily life • persistent, intense, chronic fear of being judged and of being embarrassed or humiliated • perceived or actual scrutiny from others
Anxiety Disorders 5. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder • unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions) I need to wash my hands – again!
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder • OCD – As Good as it Gets: Jack Nicholson • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wM_W8OcExo&NR=1 • http://www.vh1.com/video/misc/503670/the-ocd-project-supertrailer.jhtml
Anxiety Disorders - OCD • PET Scan of brain of person with Obsessive/ Compulsive disorder • High metabolic activity (red) in frontal lobe areas involved with directing attention
Anxiety Therapy • Exercise • Meditation • Sleep • Reduce caffeine • Psychotherapy • Behavioral therapy (extinction) • Cognitive therapy (change thinking) • Tranquilizers • New drug, D-cycloserine • increase learning receptors • Virtual reality sessions
Dissociative Disorders • Dissociative Disorders • conscious awareness becomes separated (dissociated) from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings
Dissociative Disorders • Dissociative Identity Disorder • rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities • formerly called multiple personality disorder
Personality Disorders • Personality Disorders • disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning • usually without anxiety, depression, or delusions
Personality Disorders • Antisocial Personality Disorder • disorder in which the person (usually man) exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members • may be aggressive and ruthless or a clever con artist
Murderer Normal Personality DisordersAntisocial Personality Disorder • PET scans illustrate reduced activation in a murderer’s frontal cortex
Personality Disorders • Anti-social • Narcissistic • Borderline
Personality disorders • Unusual or odd • Paranoid, Schizoid, Schizotypal • Dramatic • Antisocial, borderline, histrionic, narcissistic • Anxious • Avoidant, dependent, obsessive-compulsive • Not Specified • Depressive, Passive-aggressive, sadistic, self-defeating
Anti-Social Personality Disorder • A person manipulates, exploits, or violates the rights of others • behavior is often criminal Observable Behavior: Breaks the law repeatedly Lies, steals, and fights often Disregards the safety of self and others Does not show any guilt
Narcissistic Personality Disorder • It’s all about ME! • An inflated sense of self-importance and an extreme preoccupation withone's self.
Borderline Personality Disorder • impulsive actions • unstable mood • chaotic relationships. • avoid abandonment • Swing from love to hate and back • Difficulty in retain relationships in all settings – home, school, work, personal life.
Mood Disorders-Depression • Boys who were later convicted of a crime showed relatively low arousal