Summary
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This essential introduction to abnormal and clinical psychology explores the key areas, controversies and debates in the field and encourages students to think critically. The textbook includes: • the latest updates from DSM-5 and ICD-10 and a balanced critique of the DSM approach • an extensive range of pedagogy including ‘Essential Debate’ and ‘Essential Experience’ boxes that encourage critical thinking and provide real-life case study examples • Concise, accessible and neatly structured chapters which provide you with answers to questions such as What is the disorder? How does the disorder develop? What is going on in the mind and brain of the sufferer? and How is the disorder treated? This is a must-read text for all students taking Undergraduate Abnormal and Clinical Psychology modules and provides a crucial framework of study for all students taking Postgraduate courses in this area too.
Panic Disorder and Social Anxiety Disorder
Panic Disorder and Social Anxiety Disorder
General introduction
This chapter progresses our understanding of anxiety disorders by looking at two closely related disorders: panic disorder and social anxiety disorder (known as ‘Social Phobia’ in ICD-10). First, we will look at how clinicians diagnose these disorders before considering explanations of them. We examine the two most influential explanations for panic disorder: biological and cognitive. You will see that biological explanations are based on the idea that the fight-or-flight mechanism is oversensitive in people with panic disorder, and cognitive models describe the cognitive processes involved in a panic attack. Next we will look at explanations for social anxiety disorder, focusing on cognitions and how they lead people with this disorder to interpret ...
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