Associative Disorder
Anxiety, Mood/Affective, Somatoform Paper
University of Phoenix PSY/410
Korneshia Parker
Prepare a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you analyze the biological, psychodynamic, cognitive, and behavioral components of anxiety, mood/affective, and somatoform disorders. Anxiety, mood/affective, and somatoform disorders have many different components. These disorders while all detracting from normal social interactions and the day to day living of individuals who suffer from them have definitive signs and symptoms. Some of the disorders share similar signs and or symptoms and have varying biological, emotional, behavioral and cognitive parts. The field of abnormal psychology tries to determine what these signs and symptoms are and find a way to treat individuals suffering from them therapeutically. The components of anxiety disorders are biological, emotional, cognitive and behavioral. The biological components include the way the autonomic system functions in individuals with anxiety, as well as other factors that may make an individual genetically predisposition to have an anxiety disorder. The biological perspective views the activation or stimulation of the nervous system and its excesses or deficiencies. (National Institutes of Health, 2010). The emotional components of anxiety disorder address those issues an individual has not dealt with or has repressed. Many psychologists think that early childhood experiences or traumas could cause an individual too much sadness and pain causing signs of anxiety to be exhibited later in life. There are a multitude of psychologists that believe latent issues can cause anxiety disorders. (Hansell & Damour, 2008). The cognitive component of anxiety disorders addresses the way an individual feels about him or herself. Anxiety can be caused by negative thought processes so a negative self image could lead to negative thoughts about other areas of an individual’s life as well. The behavioral component of anxiety
University of Phoenix PSY/410
Korneshia Parker
Prepare a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you analyze the biological, psychodynamic, cognitive, and behavioral components of anxiety, mood/affective, and somatoform disorders. Anxiety, mood/affective, and somatoform disorders have many different components. These disorders while all detracting from normal social interactions and the day to day living of individuals who suffer from them have definitive signs and symptoms. Some of the disorders share similar signs and or symptoms and have varying biological, emotional, behavioral and cognitive parts. The field of abnormal psychology tries to determine what these signs and symptoms are and find a way to treat individuals suffering from them therapeutically. The components of anxiety disorders are biological, emotional, cognitive and behavioral. The biological components include the way the autonomic system functions in individuals with anxiety, as well as other factors that may make an individual genetically predisposition to have an anxiety disorder. The biological perspective views the activation or stimulation of the nervous system and its excesses or deficiencies. (National Institutes of Health, 2010). The emotional components of anxiety disorder address those issues an individual has not dealt with or has repressed. Many psychologists think that early childhood experiences or traumas could cause an individual too much sadness and pain causing signs of anxiety to be exhibited later in life. There are a multitude of psychologists that believe latent issues can cause anxiety disorders. (Hansell & Damour, 2008). The cognitive component of anxiety disorders addresses the way an individual feels about him or herself. Anxiety can be caused by negative thought processes so a negative self image could lead to negative thoughts about other areas of an individual’s life as well. The behavioral component of anxiety
References: Hansell & Damour (2008) Abnormal Psychology National Institute of Health (2010) Phobias Schimelpening, N. (2007) Bipolar Disorder- definitive of bipolar disorder