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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Anxiety as a symptom | [[Anxiety]] was recognized as a [[symptom]] by [[Sigmund Freud]]. | ||
==Historical Perspective== | ==Historical Perspective== | ||
We maintain anxiety through operant conditioning; | *In the late 19th century, [[Sigmund Freud]] recognized [[anxiety]] as: | ||
**A "signal of danger" | |||
**A cause of "defensive [[behavior]]" | |||
*He believed we acquire [[anxious]] feelings through [[classical conditioning]] and [[trauma]]tic experiences. | |||
*In the 19th century into the 20th century, the terms used to diagnose generalized anxiety included: | |||
**“[[Pantophobia]]” | |||
**“[[Anxiety neurosis]]” | |||
***Such terms designated [[paroxysmal manifestations]] ([[panic attacks]]) as well as [[interparoxysmal phenomenology]] (the apprehensive mental state). | |||
***Generalized anxiety was considered one of the numerous symptoms of [[neurasthenia]], a vaguely defined illness. | |||
*In 1980, '[[The American Psychiatric Association]]' introduced GAD as a diagnosis in the [[DSM-III]]. | |||
**[[Anxiety neurosis]] was split into: | |||
***GAD | |||
***[[Panic disorder]] | |||
***We maintain [[anxiety]] through [[operant conditioning]]; | |||
****When we see or encounter something associated with a previous traumatic experience, anxious feelings resurface. | |||
***We feel temporarily relieved when we avoid situations which make us anxious, but this only increases anxious feelings the next time we are in the same position, and we will want to escape the situation again and therefore will not make any progress against the anxiety. | |||
===Development of Diagnostic Criteria for Generalized Anxiety Disorder=== | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Anxiety was recognized as a symptom by Sigmund Freud.
Historical Perspective
- In the late 19th century, Sigmund Freud recognized anxiety as:
- A "signal of danger"
- A cause of "defensive behavior"
- He believed we acquire anxious feelings through classical conditioning and traumatic experiences.
- In the 19th century into the 20th century, the terms used to diagnose generalized anxiety included:
- “Pantophobia”
- “Anxiety neurosis”
- Such terms designated paroxysmal manifestations (panic attacks) as well as interparoxysmal phenomenology (the apprehensive mental state).
- Generalized anxiety was considered one of the numerous symptoms of neurasthenia, a vaguely defined illness.
- In 1980, 'The American Psychiatric Association' introduced GAD as a diagnosis in the DSM-III.
- Anxiety neurosis was split into:
- GAD
- Panic disorder
- Anxiety neurosis was split into:
- We maintain anxiety through operant conditioning;
- When we see or encounter something associated with a previous traumatic experience, anxious feelings resurface.
- We feel temporarily relieved when we avoid situations which make us anxious, but this only increases anxious feelings the next time we are in the same position, and we will want to escape the situation again and therefore will not make any progress against the anxiety.
- We maintain anxiety through operant conditioning;