1. Thinking About Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behavior
Charles T. Blair-Broeker
Randal M. Ernst

2. Anxiety and Mood Disorders
Module 28

3. Module 28: Anxiety and Mood Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Module 28: Anxiety and Mood Disorders

4. Anxiety and Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety: A vague feeling of apprehension or nervousness
Anxiety disorder: where anxiety begins to take control and dominate a person’s life

5. Types of Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety disorders are divided into:
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Panic Disorder

6. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Phobia
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

8. Anxiety Disorders: Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Panic Disorder
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9. Generalized Anxiety Disorder
An anxiety disorder characterized by disruptive levels of persistent, unexplained feelings of apprehension and tenseness

10. Symptoms of Generalized Anxiety
Must have at least three of the following:
Restlessness
Feeling on edge

11. Difficulty concentrating/mind going blank
Irritability
Muscle Tension
Sleep Disturbance

12. Panic attacks may happen several times a day
Panic Disorder
An anxiety disorder characterized by sudden bouts of intense, unexplained panic
Panic attacks may happen several times a day

13. Anxiety Disorders: Phobia
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14. The fear must be both irrational and disruptive.
Phobia
An anxiety disorder characterized by disruptive, irrational fears of specific objects or situations
The fear must be both irrational and disruptive.

16. Phobias

17. Phobias which produce fear in social situations
Social Phobia
Phobias which produce fear in social situations
Fear of speaking in public

18. Fear of situations the person views as difficult to escape from
Agoraphobia
Fear of situations the person views as difficult to escape from
Fear of leaving one’s home or room in the house

19. Phobia
Play “Three Anxiety Disorders” (4:08) Segment #37 from Psychology: The Human Experience.
The segment includes a discussion on Generalized Anxiety Disorder.

20. Anxiety Disorders: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
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21. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
An anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted, repetitive thoughts and actions
Obsessions – repetitive thoughts

22. Compulsions – repetitive actions
The obsessions/compulsions begin to take control of the person’s life.

24. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Play “Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder” (2:57) Segment #36 from Psychology: The Human Experience.

25. Anxiety Disorders: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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26. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
reliving a severely upsetting event in unwanted recurring memories (flashbacks) and dreams

27. Anxiety Disorders: Causes of Anxiety Disorders
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28. Biological Factors
Hereditary factors may result in a predisposition for developing anxiety disorders

29. Brain functions appear to be different in an anxiety disorder patient
Evolutionary factors may lead to anxiety disorders.

30. Learning Factors
Through classical conditioning people may associate fear with an object.

31. Observational learning--watching another experiencing fearfulness--may result in developing fear.
Fear of an object may be reinforced when by avoiding the feared objects.

32. Module 28: Anxiety and Mood Disorders

33. Mood Disorders
Classification of disorders where there is a disturbance in the person’s emotions
Major types of mood disorders include:
Major Depressive Disorder
Bipolar Disorder
Dysthymic Disorder

35. Mania
Period of abnormally high emotion and activity

36. Extended period of feeling sad, listless, and drained of energy
Depression
Extended period of feeling sad, listless, and drained of energy

37. Mood Disorders: Major Depressive Disorder
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38. Major Depressive Disorder
A mood disorder in which a person, experiences at least two weeks of depressed moods, diminished interest in

39. activities, and other symptoms, such as feelings of worthlessness form NO APPARENT REASON. (UNJUSTIFIED)

41. Dysthymic Disorder
Similar to major depressive disorder but less severe and shorter in duration

42. Mood Disorders: Bipolar Disorder
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43. Bipolar Disorder
A mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness of depression and the overexcited and unreasonably optimistic state of mania
Used to be called manic-depressive disorder
Many times will follow a cyclical pattern

44. Mood Disorders
Play “Mood Disorders: Major Depression and Bipolar Disorder” (4:45) Segment #38 from Psychology: The Human Experience.

45. Mania and Depression
Play “Mood Disorders: Mania and Depression” (7:34) Segment #31 from The Mind: Psychology Teaching Modules (2nd edition).

46. Mood Disorders: Causes of Mood Disorders
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47. Biological Factors Mood disorders have a hereditary nature to them.
Depressed individuals tend to have depressed brains.
PET scans indicate less activity during periods of depression.

48. Heredity and Depression
Play “Mood Disorders: Hereditary Factors” (6:11) Segment #32 from The Mind: Psychology Teaching Modules (2nd edition).

49. Social-Cognitive Factors
Depression may be a variation of learned helplessness.
Depressed individuals attribute events using the following characteristics:
Stable: the bad situation will last for a long time
Internal: they are at fault
Global: all of life is bad

51. The End