Abnormal Psychology

Mood Disorders and Suicide 239 In 2007, U.S. soldiers on active duty in Iraq and Afghanistan attempted or committed suicide at t ...

240 CHAPTER 6 study on suicide prevention: Those with any suicidal ideation, only those with a concrete plan, or those who have ...

Mood Disorders and Suicide 241 Despite such challenges in carrying out research, progress has been made in study- ing suicide pr ...

242 CHAPTER 6 that those most likely to need help were often the least likely to seek it, the Air Force instituted a comprehensi ...

Mood Disorders and Suicide 243 Figure 6.10 6.10 • Feedback Loops in Preventing Suicide g Treatments Targeting Neurological Facto ...

244 CHAPTER 6 SUMMING UP Summary of Depressive Disorders A major depressive episode (MDE) is the build- ing block for a diagnosi ...

Mood Disorders and Suicide 245 a genetic risk for mood disorders. Psychologi- cal risk factors for suicide include poor coping a ...

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Anxiety Disorders H oward Hughes is famous for many things: He was an industrialist, creating Hughes Aircraft Company and design ...

248 CHAPTER 7 different anxiety disorders. In the process we’ll fi rst examine Earl Campbell—his life, the nature of his anxiety ...

Anxiety Disorders 249 performance, even if you know the material well. Thus, feeling afraid or anx- ious can be normal and adapt ...

250 CHAPTER 7 7.1 • The Fight-or-Flight Response The fi ght-or-fl ight response activates the sympathetic nervous system and pre ...

Anxiety Disorders 251 explanations point to biological differences, such as the hormonal shifts that occur during a woman’s chil ...

252 CHAPTER 7 Generalized Anxiety Disorder Earl Campbell became a worrier—even during the best of times: On a day when life seem ...

Anxiety Disorders 253 her performance at work, she worried about her children’s well being (whether they had been hurt or killed ...

254 CHAPTER 7 had their symptoms arise at a younger age (Moffi tt et al., 2007), to have more severe symptoms of each disorder, ...

Anxiety Disorders 255 Brain Systems The brain ultimately controls the body’s responses, and thus GAD must involve the brain in s ...

256 CHAPTER 7 likely to have GAD or depression, which suggests a common underlying genetic vul- nerability (Gorwood, 2004; Kendl ...

Anxiety Disorders 257 7.3 • Feedback Loops in Action: Generalized Anxiety Disorder Figure 7.3g73 Mental Processes and Mental Con ...

258 CHAPTER 7 the amygdala that underlie learning to fear objects or situations (Huang & Kandel, 2007); thus, reducing serot ...