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Test 2 Study Guide Chapters 4 through 7

Anxiety Disorders „ Symptoms, incidence/prevalence, and effective treatments: „ generalized „ „ social „ specific „ PTSD „ OCD „ Division of the nervous system responsible for the “fight or flight” response „ Differences between fear, panic, and anxiety

Agoraphobia and panic disorder „ Nocturnal panic attacks (non-REM sleep) „ The most prevalent psychological disorder in the general population is „ Characteristics common to a „ OCD: „ Most prevalent comorbid disorders „ Thought-action fusion „ Cross-cultural findings (significant similarities) „ Exposure w/response prevention „ PTSD vs. Acute Disorder

Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders „ Symptoms, prevalence/incidence, and effective treatments for: „ „ „ Disorder „ „ Dissociative Identity Disorder „ Depersonalization disorder „ What the somatoform disorders have in common? „ Dissociative fugue vs. dissociative trance vs. dissociative

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„ What can trigger hypochondriasis? What factors have been implicated in its development and maintenance? „ Differences between hypochondriasis and „ Onset and nature of conversion disorder symptoms „ Know why Body Dysmorphic Disorder can be especially serious

Mood Disorders „ Symptoms, incidence/prevalence, and effective treatments for: „ Major Depressive Disorder „ Bipolar I „ Bipolar II „ „ „ Depressive episode vs. Manic episode vs. Hypomanic episode „ Learned Helplessness theory „ Beck’s Cognitive Triad

Mood Disorders „ Differences between dysthymia and major depressive disorder „ Know how bipolar I and bipolar II are different „ Suicide rates for major depressive disorder vs. compare „ Mood disorders in children and adolescence „ ECT, cognitive therapy, interpersonal therapy, and

Physical Disorders and Health Psychology „ Effects stress has on the immune system „ Damage caused by increased cortisol levels „ Causes of „ Chronic syndrome „ Know about the use of biofeedback and relaxation procedures, and other effective behavior change programs