Anxiety & Related Disorders – Exam Notes
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Week 1 ............................................................................................................................................... 3
Lecture: Emotional Theory & Anxiety Related Disorders ......................................................... 3
Theoretical Framework - Reading ........................................................................................ 12
Problematic & Maintaining Factors - Reading ....................................................................... 34
Treatment - Reading .......................................................................................................... 47
Week 2 ............................................................................................................................................. 57
Lecture: Social Anxiety Disorder ......................................................................................... 57
Theoretical Framework - Reading ........................................................................................ 67
Problematic & Maintaining Factors - Reading ....................................................................... 80
Treatment - Reading .......................................................................................................... 89
Week 3 ............................................................................................................................................. 97
Lecture: Specific Phobia & Conditioning Models .................................................................. 97
Theoretical Framework - Reading ...................................................................................... 110
Problematic & Maintaining Factors - Reading ..................................................................... 116
Treatment - Reading ........................................................................................................ 123
Week 4 ........................................................................................................................................... 129
Lecture: Generalized Anxiety disorder ............................................................................... 129
Theoretical Framework - Reading ...................................................................................... 139
Problematic & Maintaining Factors - Reading ..................................................................... 149
Treatment - Reading ........................................................................................................ 151
Week 5 ........................................................................................................................................... 154
Lecture: Panic Disorder .................................................................................................... 154
Theoretical Framework - Reading ...................................................................................... 166
Problematic & Maintaining Factors - Reading ..................................................................... 179
Treatment - Reading ........................................................................................................ 183
,Week 6 ........................................................................................................................................... 189
Lecture: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder............................................................................ 189
Theoretical Framework - Reading ...................................................................................... 200
Problematic & Maintaining Factors - Reading ..................................................................... 209
Treatment - Reading ........................................................................................................ 215
Week 7 ........................................................................................................................................... 220
Lecture: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ............................................................................. 220
Theoretical Framework - Reading ...................................................................................... 229
Problematic & Maintaining Factors - Reading ..................................................................... 251
Treatment - Reading ........................................................................................................ 254
Week 8 ........................................................................................................................................... 259
Lecture: Transdiagnostic Process & Complexity of Anxiety Disorders ................................... 259
Theoretical Framework - Reading ...................................................................................... 273
Problematic & Maintaining Factors - Reading ..................................................................... 282
Treatment - Reading ........................................................................................................ 286
Test Information .............................................................................................................................. 290
General tips:
• Don’t try to remember everything – Instead understand the trends/patterns (and be able to apply it!).
• Start with the lecture notes then fill in the gaps of your knowledge with the readings.
• Be selective with the readings, much of the content overlaps and some articles are way more important
than others (ex. Davey). You can use the “Main takeway” to guide you.
• Don’t be discouraged with the amount of pages – There are pictures, double spacing, bullet points
which all adds up in the end.
• It took me 1 day (6-7h) to go through two weeks of the summarised content (only an approximate).
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,WEEK 1
LECTURE: EMOTIONAL THEORY & ANXIETY RELATED DISORDERS
What is an emotion:
• Sense of purpose = emotions have a sense of function (back to basics: survival)
o Anxiety => something that could be potentially threatening (but exaggerated)
• Subjective (a personal experience)
• Being experienced in terms of bodily and behavioural response
→ No scientific consensus on what an emotion is
• But Agree on that there are some “basic emotions”
o Happy
o Anxious
o Sad
o Angry
o Ashamed
3
, • → ANXIETY IS AN EMOTION
Emotion is more than a feeling:
• A) Physicological aspects
• B) Cognitive aspects
o Concious (expirence/feeling)
o Unconscious
• C) Motor aspects
• → “Loosely coupled systems” (concordant/diconcordant)
o = not exclusively that one emotion is couples with one behaviour/sensation (they are
mixed)
Related concepts:
• = Mood, attitude, and temperament
→ Salience => temporal dimension
• Two dimensions:
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Week 1 ............................................................................................................................................... 3
Lecture: Emotional Theory & Anxiety Related Disorders ......................................................... 3
Theoretical Framework - Reading ........................................................................................ 12
Problematic & Maintaining Factors - Reading ....................................................................... 34
Treatment - Reading .......................................................................................................... 47
Week 2 ............................................................................................................................................. 57
Lecture: Social Anxiety Disorder ......................................................................................... 57
Theoretical Framework - Reading ........................................................................................ 67
Problematic & Maintaining Factors - Reading ....................................................................... 80
Treatment - Reading .......................................................................................................... 89
Week 3 ............................................................................................................................................. 97
Lecture: Specific Phobia & Conditioning Models .................................................................. 97
Theoretical Framework - Reading ...................................................................................... 110
Problematic & Maintaining Factors - Reading ..................................................................... 116
Treatment - Reading ........................................................................................................ 123
Week 4 ........................................................................................................................................... 129
Lecture: Generalized Anxiety disorder ............................................................................... 129
Theoretical Framework - Reading ...................................................................................... 139
Problematic & Maintaining Factors - Reading ..................................................................... 149
Treatment - Reading ........................................................................................................ 151
Week 5 ........................................................................................................................................... 154
Lecture: Panic Disorder .................................................................................................... 154
Theoretical Framework - Reading ...................................................................................... 166
Problematic & Maintaining Factors - Reading ..................................................................... 179
Treatment - Reading ........................................................................................................ 183
,Week 6 ........................................................................................................................................... 189
Lecture: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder............................................................................ 189
Theoretical Framework - Reading ...................................................................................... 200
Problematic & Maintaining Factors - Reading ..................................................................... 209
Treatment - Reading ........................................................................................................ 215
Week 7 ........................................................................................................................................... 220
Lecture: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ............................................................................. 220
Theoretical Framework - Reading ...................................................................................... 229
Problematic & Maintaining Factors - Reading ..................................................................... 251
Treatment - Reading ........................................................................................................ 254
Week 8 ........................................................................................................................................... 259
Lecture: Transdiagnostic Process & Complexity of Anxiety Disorders ................................... 259
Theoretical Framework - Reading ...................................................................................... 273
Problematic & Maintaining Factors - Reading ..................................................................... 282
Treatment - Reading ........................................................................................................ 286
Test Information .............................................................................................................................. 290
General tips:
• Don’t try to remember everything – Instead understand the trends/patterns (and be able to apply it!).
• Start with the lecture notes then fill in the gaps of your knowledge with the readings.
• Be selective with the readings, much of the content overlaps and some articles are way more important
than others (ex. Davey). You can use the “Main takeway” to guide you.
• Don’t be discouraged with the amount of pages – There are pictures, double spacing, bullet points
which all adds up in the end.
• It took me 1 day (6-7h) to go through two weeks of the summarised content (only an approximate).
2
,WEEK 1
LECTURE: EMOTIONAL THEORY & ANXIETY RELATED DISORDERS
What is an emotion:
• Sense of purpose = emotions have a sense of function (back to basics: survival)
o Anxiety => something that could be potentially threatening (but exaggerated)
• Subjective (a personal experience)
• Being experienced in terms of bodily and behavioural response
→ No scientific consensus on what an emotion is
• But Agree on that there are some “basic emotions”
o Happy
o Anxious
o Sad
o Angry
o Ashamed
3
, • → ANXIETY IS AN EMOTION
Emotion is more than a feeling:
• A) Physicological aspects
• B) Cognitive aspects
o Concious (expirence/feeling)
o Unconscious
• C) Motor aspects
• → “Loosely coupled systems” (concordant/diconcordant)
o = not exclusively that one emotion is couples with one behaviour/sensation (they are
mixed)
Related concepts:
• = Mood, attitude, and temperament
→ Salience => temporal dimension
• Two dimensions:
4
