ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR
INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
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psychological disorder
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generalized anxiety disorder
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alcohol use disorder
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medical model
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Detailed explanation-1: -Anxiety Disorders (cont.) An anxiety disorder in which a person is continuously tense, apprehensive and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal (“free-floating” anxiety). For true sufferers, the symptoms are more lasting and are often not attached to any specific event.
Detailed explanation-2: -Patients with GAD usually have autonomic arousal symptoms such as palpitations, sweating, trembling and dry mouth (Gale & Davidson, 2007).
Detailed explanation-3: -A disorder characterized by persistent or recurrent signs and symptoms mediated by the autonomic nervous system, excluding pain but including palpitation, hyperventilation, or nausea.
Detailed explanation-4: -Generalized anxiety disorder-a person is unexplainably and continually tense and uneasy.