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nmorano1

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Identify and describe the various causes of anxiety disorders.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Which of the following is considered to be the gold standard for personality disorder assessment?
 
  a. Questionnaire
  b. Unstructured clinical interview
  c. Structured clinical interview
  d. Informant ratings


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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Student responses should include
- family and twin studies indicate a moderate genetic basis for many anxiety disorders
- several brain areas have been implicated in anxiety disorders, especially the amygdala
- neurotransmitters most implicated in anxiety disorders include serotonin, norepinephrine, and GABA
- anxiety may be influenced by evolutionary processes in that some avoidance behavior seems adaptive in certain contexts
- cognitive risk factors include distorted thinking about the dangerousness of various stimuli, assumptions that something bad will happen, assumptions of terrible consequences, or an assumption that others can easily notice one's anxiety

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
:D TYSM

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Gracias!

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