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Anxiety disorders 

-a group of conditions where the primary symptoms are anxiety or defensed against anxiety 

-the patient fears something awful will happen to them

-they are in a state of intense apprehension uneasiness  uncertainly or fear 

Phobias 

-a person experiences students episodes of intense dread 

-must be an irrational fear 

-phobia list 

 GAD Generalized Anxiety Disorder 

-an anxiety disorder in which a person is continuously tense apprehensive and in a state of automatic nervous arousal 

-the patient is constantly tense and worried feels inadequate is oversensitive cant concentrate and suffers from insonemia   

Panic Disorder 

-an anxiety disorder marked by a minute long episode of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying cheat pain chocking and other frightening sensations 

OCD Obsessive-Compulsive disorder 

-persistent unwanted thoughts (obsessions) cause someeone to feel the need (compulsion)   To change in a particular act 

Obsession about dirt and germs may lead to compulsive 

Post- traumatic Stress Disorder a.k.a. PTSD

- flashbacks or nightmares following and persons involvement in observation of an extremely stressful event 

-memories of the event cause anxiety  

II Somatoform Disorders

-occur when a person manifest a psychologic problem through a psychological symptom   

-two ways 

HYPOCHONDRIASIS

-has frequent physical complaints for which medical doctors are unable to locate the cause .

-They usually believe that the minor issues (headache upset stomach) are indicative are more  severe illness 

CONVERSION DISORDER 

-Report the existence of severe physical problems with the no biological reason 

-like blindness or paralysis