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Unraveling the mysteries of anxiety and its disorders from the perspective of emotion theory.
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In this paper, a model specifies an integrated set of triple vulnerabilities: a generalized biological (heritable) vulnerability, a generalized psychological vulnerability based on early experiences in developing a sense of control over salient events, and a more specific psychological vulnerability in which one learns to focus anxiety on specific objects or situations.Abstract:
The ascendance of emotion theory, recent advances in cognitive science and neuroscience, and increasingly important findings from developmental psychology and learning make possible an integrative account of the nature and etiology of anxiety and its disorders. This model specifies an integrated set of triple vulnerabilities: a generalized biological (heritable) vulnerability, a generalized psychological vulnerability based on early experiences in developing a sense of control over salient events, and a more specific psychological vulnerability in which one learns to focus anxiety on specific objects or situations. The author recounts the development of anxiety and related disorders based on these triple vulnerabilities and discusses implications for the classification of emotional disorders.read more
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The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life
TL;DR: The Emotional Brain this article investigates the origins of human emotions and explains that many exist as part of complex neural systems that evolved to enable us to survive, and this may be the key to understanding, even changing, our emotional makeup.
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Tripartite model of anxiety and depression: psychometric evidence and taxonomic implications.
Lee Anna Clark,David Watson +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a tripartite structure consisting of general distress, physiological hyperarousal (specific anxiety), and anhedonia (specific depression), and a diagnosis of mixed anxiety-depression was proposed.