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energy mobilization required for an organism to pursue its goals and meet its needs
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Arousal/activation
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a general feeling of apprehension about possible danger
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Anxiety
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a basic emotion that involves that activation of the "fight-or-flight: response of the sympathetic nervous system
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Fear
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an unrealistic, irrational fear or anxiety of disabling intensity.
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Anxiety Disorder
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fear of being in places or situations where a panic attach may occur, and from which escape would be physically difficult or psychologically embarrassing or in which immediate help would be unavailable in the event that some mishap occurred.
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agoraphobia
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persistent and recurrent intrusive thoughts, images, or impulses that a person experiences as disturbing and inappropriate but has difficult suppressing
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obsessions
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overt repetitive behaviors (such as hand washing or checking) or more covert mental acts (such as counting, praying, saying certain words silently, or ordering) that a person feels driven to perform in response to an obsession
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compulsions
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behavior therapy technique for extinguishing maladaptive anxiety responses by teaching a person to relax or behave, while in the presence of the anxiety-producing stimulus, in some other way that is inconsistent with anxiety.
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systematic desensitization
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exposure and response prevention
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persistent and disproportionate fear of some specific object or situation that presents little or no actual danger
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phobia
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panic attack
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term historically used to characterize maladaptive behavior resulting from intrapsychic conflict and marked by prominent use of defense mechanisms
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neurosis
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occurrence of repeated unexpected panic attacks, often accompanied by intense anxiety about having another one
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panic disorder
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anxiety disorder characterized by persistent intrusion of unwanted and intrusive thoughts or distressing imagesl these are usually accompanied by compulsive behaviors designed to neutralize the obsessive thoughts or images or to prevent some dreaded event or situation.
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OCD
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chronic excessive worry about a number of events or activities, with no specific threat present, accompanied by at least three of the following symptoms: restlessness, fatigue, difficulty concentrating, irritability, muscle tension, sleep disturbance
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GAD generalized anxiety disorder
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