Relief from Phobias, General Anxiety, Panic reactions, Social Anxiety and Obsessive Compulsive Issues
Anxiety is a response to a threat. If it's continuous and causes you to function less well, it needs attention. Anxiety can be too severe, can occur too often, can last too long and/or be too readily triggered.
I'll introduce you to the five common DSM-5 TR anxiety disorders of: Panic problems (state of physical and psychological terror that is short-lived but recurrent), Phobias (persistent, unreasonable fears of everyday objects, acts and contexts), Social Anxiety (fears about social contacts or performances when judgments are made), Generalized Anxiety (excessive worries about two or more everyday activities or events that result in physical fatigue) and Agoraphobia (fear of public places or situations where escape is difficult) as well as what therapies (cognitive-behavioral, sociocultural, humanistic, biological and psychodynamic) will help you get control of them. You'll also have a chance to apply and analyze some real-world cases.
After that, we'll cover the anxiety-related disorders of obsessive-compulsive disorder, hoarding, hair pulling and body dysmorphic disorder. I will also describe the best psychotherapies for relief.
Towards the end of the course, you can review the key concepts you've learned and check your learning. By the end of the course, you'll be able to spot anxiety symptoms easily and also know what the best therapies are for bringing relief to those whose lives are dominated by their psychological states.
Understand all five types of major anxiety disorders by mastering their symptoms
Learn to distinguish OCD patterns from other anxiety related issues
Grasp the methods and best therapies for treating each disorder
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I have a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Chicago and I'm a full-time faculty member in the Psychology Department at a large state university in California. I have taught at the college level for more than 20 years. I teach both in-person and online. Currently, I lecture on Abnormal Psychology, Critical Thinking, and the Field Placement Courses on...
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An interesting course touching on the subject of several anxiety disorders and treatments. I enjoyed it, it was easy to understand, well presented and informative. Thank you.
This course is great. The instructor explains the material very well in clear, easy to follow outlines.
Yes, very pertinent information.
Well presented course. However, it could have been better with a little more indepth on the topics covered.
The presentation was professional; but not entirely in keeping with my personal stance since most of the treatments seem to emphasize the use of medication in keeping with the medical model. Michael Yapko for instance talks about the overuse of medication in treating depression and anxiety since there is no hard biological evidence that patients suffer from deficits of brain chemicals. There is however increasing evidence that social determinants can create anxiety - Example being recent evidence from our experience of the Covid crisis where anxiety and depression has increased in the general population due to social contextual factors. Interesting also that women suffer from anxiety almost twice as much as men - this tells us something about the perception of being judged or evaluated - a very real experience in our society which leads to internalization of social values.
This course helped me learn more about OCD disorder and how this can affect our lives in general, thank you for this information it was very practical and the treatments that we can use to get better at this.
Great course thanks
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Merline A.
This help me a lot.