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Myers EXPLORING PSYCHOLOGY (6th Edition in Modules)

Myers EXPLORING PSYCHOLOGY (6th Edition in Modules). Module 37 Anxiety, Dissociative, and Personality Disorders James A. McCubbin, PhD Clemson University Worth Publishers. Anxiety Disorders. Anxiety Disorders distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety

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Myers EXPLORING PSYCHOLOGY (6th Edition in Modules)

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  1. Myers EXPLORING PSYCHOLOGY (6th Edition in Modules) Module 37 Anxiety, Dissociative, and Personality Disorders James A. McCubbin, PhD Clemson University Worth Publishers

  2. Anxiety Disorders • Anxiety Disorders • distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety • Generalized Anxiety Disorder • person is tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal

  3. Anxiety Disorders • Panic Disorder • marked by a minutes-long episode of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensation

  4. Anxiety Disorders • Phobia • persistent, irrational fear of a specific object or situation • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder • unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions)

  5. Anxiety Disorders • Common and uncommon fears

  6. Anxiety Disorders

  7. Anxiety Disorders • PET Scan of brain of person with Obsessive/ Compulsive disorder • High metabolic activity (red) in frontal lobe areas involved with directing attention

  8. Dissociative Disorders • Dissociative Disorders • conscious awareness becomes separated (dissociated) from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings • Dissociative Identity Disorder • rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities • formerly called multiple personality disorder

  9. Personality Disorders • Personality Disorders • disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning • usually without anxiety, depression, or delusions

  10. 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

  11. Mood Disorders-Depression • Boys who were later convicted of a crime showed relatively low arousal

  12. Murderer Normal Personality Disorders • PET scans illustrate reduced activation in a murderer’s frontal cortex

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