Abnormal Psychology

Anxiety Disorders 259 asked to think about only one specifi c worry (this is the exposure) and to imagine their worst possible f ...

260 CHAPTER 7 Cognitive Methods Cognitive methods for treating GAD focus on fi rst helping patients to identify the thought patt ...

Anxiety Disorders 261 Figure 7.5 7.5 • Feedback Loops in Treating Generalized Anxiety Disorder Changes neural activity Treatment ...

262 CHAPTER 7 Panic Disorder (With and Without Agoraphobia) Earl Campbell’s uncomfortable episodes of anxiety didn’t stop: The s ...

Anxiety Disorders 263 a particular external stimulus (such as seeing a snake), they are more frequently cued by situations that ...

264 CHAPTER 7 Table 7.4 • DSM-IV-TR Diagnostic Criteria for Panic Disorder (Without Agoraphobia) A. Both (1) and (2): (1) recurr ...

Anxiety Disorders 265 de nervios differs from a panic attack not only in the specifi c symptoms experi- enced, but also because ...

266 CHAPTER 7 What Is Agoraphobia? After Campbell’s fi rst panic attack, he refused to go out: ... I knew I could not set foot o ...

Anxiety Disorders 267 diagnosed with either panic disorder with agoraphobia (if he or she also has panic disorder) or agoraphobi ...

268 CHAPTER 7 Neurological Factors Brain systems, neural communication, and genetics contribute to panic disorder and agoraphobi ...

Anxiety Disorders 269 (e.g., cortisol), which usually accompany the fi ght-or-fl ight response (Otte et al., 2002). Thus, panic ...

270 CHAPTER 7 Cognitive Explanations: Catastrophic Thinking and Anxiety Sensitivity Cognitive theories, which focus on how a per ...

Anxiety Disorders 271 over and above the physical ones, were more challenging to people with preexisting anxiety sensitivity (Sc ...

272 CHAPTER 7 For example, a man’s argument with his wife might arouse his anger and in- crease his breathing rate. Breathing fa ...

Anxiety Disorders 273 leading to anticipatory anxiety. In turn, this anxiety increases activity in his sympa- thetic nervous sys ...

274 CHAPTER 7 order to prevent an increased heart rate) or to avoid situations associated with panic attacks (such as crowded th ...

Anxiety Disorders 275 Targeting Social Factors: Group and Couples Therapy Therapy groups (either self-help or conducted by a the ...

276 CHAPTER 7 FEEDBACK LOOPS IN TREATMENT: Panic Disorder Invariably, medication—which changes neurological functioning—stops ex ...

Anxiety Disorders 277 Earl Campbell’s Anxiety The most appropriate diagnosis for Campbell appears to be panic disorder with agor ...

278 CHAPTER 7 Social Phobia (Social Anxiety Disorder) Earl Campbell and Howard Hughes were alike in that their anxiety symptoms ...