OCD and Anxiety Disorders: Crash Course Psychology #29
CrashCourse・2 minutes read
Casual references to mental illnesses are common due to lack of understanding, leading to the stigmatization and minimization of psychological disorders like anxiety, OCD, and phobias, impacting those with these conditions significantly. Anxiety disorders, including OCD, GAD, panic disorder, and phobias, have complex origins in both learning and biological factors, affecting how they manifest and are treated.
Insights
- Casual references to mental illnesses are common due to a lack of understanding, contrasting with the universal condemnation of making fun of physical illnesses.
- Anxiety disorders, like OCD, GAD, and Panic Disorder, are complex conditions with specific characteristics, impacting individuals significantly and requiring a nuanced understanding of their origins to effectively treat them.
Get key ideas from YouTube videos. It’s free
Recent questions
What are anxiety disorders?
Anxiety disorders are mental health conditions characterized by excessive worry, fear, or apprehension that can interfere with daily life. They include conditions like Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
Related videos
Psych2Go
6 Most Misunderstood Mental Disorders You Should Know About
GQ
Psychiatrist Breaks Down Mental Health Scenes From Movies & TV | GQ
MedCircle
How to Spot Normal Anxiety VS Anxiety Disorders
TEDx Talks
How to cope with anxiety | Olivia Remes | TEDxUHasselt
khanacademymedicine
Categories of mental disorders | Behavior | MCAT | Khan Academy
Summary
00:00
Understanding and Addressing Anxiety Disorders in Society
- Making fun of physical illnesses is universally condemned, but casual references to mental illnesses are common due to lack of understanding.
- Psychological disorders are often stigmatized and minimized, leading to their misuse as nicknames for behaviors that are not universal but still healthy.
- Anxiety is a common mental state that can escalate into anxiety disorders characterized by deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional patterns of thoughts, feelings, or behaviors.
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a complex condition involving unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and compulsive actions, driven by intense anxiety.
- OCD sufferers engage in compulsive behaviors like hand washing or checking stoves excessively to alleviate anxiety, impacting their daily lives significantly.
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) causes continual tension, apprehension, and unfocused negative feelings, often without a clear trigger, lasting over six months for diagnosis.
- Panic Disorder leads to sudden, intense panic attacks without warning, causing physical symptoms like chest pains, breathing difficulties, and a sense of impending doom.
- Phobias are persistent, irrational fears of specific objects or situations leading to avoidance behavior, such as Gephyrophobia, fear of bridges, which can be debilitating.
- Anxiety disorders have origins in both learning (conditioning, cognition, observational learning) and biological factors (genetics, brain chemistry), influencing how they manifest and are treated.
