Emotion, Stress, Health
Positive people tend to live longer than pessimists.
True
Schizophrenia affects 5% of the population. T/F
False, 1%
Common disorders are often rooted in what?
Anxiety
PTSD is only caused by experiencing a traumatic event. T/F
No, it can also be cause by witnessing a traumatic event.
OCD is
Obsessive, compulsive disorder
Introverts are usually better at interpreting feelings, while extroverts are better at expressing them. T/F
True
Schizophrenia means:
Split mind or split from reality.
What is a psychological disorder?
a deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional pattern of thoughts, feelings, or behaviors that interfere with the ability to function in a healthy way.
What are 4 symptoms of PTSD
nightmares, guilt, flashbacks, anxiety, avoidance, rage, fear and insomina
What are potential OCD treatments?
Psychotherapy, psychotropic drugs
How many distinct human emotions are there from infancy on?
10
Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders are characterized by:
disorganized thinking, emotions and behaviors that are often incongruent with their situations, disturbed perceptions (hallucinations).
Anxiety disorders are about fear. T/F
False - we commonly equate anxiety with fear, but anxiety disorders aren't just a matter of fear, it's also what we do to get rid of that fear.
PTSD is classified into 4 clusters:
Re-living the event
Avoiding situations you associate with the event
Excessive physiological arousal
Negative changes in emotions and beliefsHow many genes are expressed with various anxiety disorders?
17
What are at least 5 distinct human emotions?
joy, contempt, surprise, shame, fear, sadness, anger, guilt, disgust, interest/excitement.
Pride?
Love?
What are 2 examples of mania?
What are 2 examples of mood disorders?
lavish shopping sprees, promiscuous behavior.
emotional extremes, challenges in regulating mood, longer term
Depressive, bipolar
Anxiety disorders are characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety AS WELL AS ______
In what way is PTSD a 'moral injury'?
Not just violence done to a person, but also what that person did or did not do to others.
What is panic disorder, how many people does it effect, and what age group is most effected?
Panic Attacks - affects 1 in 75 people - teens and young adults.
Define stress.
The process by which we perceive and respond to certain events.
Stressors: things we view as challenging or threatening.
Stress is not an emotion, it's a reaction.
In what ways do depressed brains function differently?
What are 2 chemicals associated with depression?
differences in brain activity.
Slow (depressed) manic (extreme)
Norepinephrine, serotonin
How many people will experience a diagnosable anxiety disorder?
1 in 5
Limbic system, which includes the amygdala, hippocampus, hypothalamus, and pituitary gland
What are 5 anxiety disorders?
phobias, OCD, panic disorder, GAD, gephyrophobia, social anxiety disorder,