Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Free association
Therapist interpretations of transference, resistance,
and dreams
Specific treatments for GAD
Metacognitive theory
Avoidance theory
Cognitive therapies
GABA inactivity
Biological treatments
Biological treatments
Relaxation training
Biological treatments
Biofeedback
Phobias
Phobias
Phobias
Specific Phobias
Specific Phobias
UCS
UCR
Entrapment
Fear
Running +
water
UCS
UCR
Entrapment
Fear
CS
CR
Running
water
Fear
A behavioral-evolutionary explanation
Systematic desensitization
Several types:
Flooding
Modeling
Agoraphobia
Panic Disorder
Panic Disorder
Panic Disorder
Drug therapies
Cognitive therapy
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Feel excessive or
unreasonable
Cause great distress
Take up much time
Interfere with daily
functions
Normal Routines
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Obsessions
Compulsions
Feel mandatory/unstoppable
Believe, though, that something terrible will occur if they do not
perform the compulsive acts
Compulsions
Common forms/themes:
Cleaning
Checking
Order or balance
Touching, verbal, and/or counting
Psychodynamic therapies
Some therapists now prefer to treat these patients with shortterm psychodynamic therapies
Behavioral therapy
May include:
Psychoeducation
Guiding the client to identify, challenge, and change distorted
cognitions
Biological therapies
Serotonin-based antidepressants