Abnormal psychology
For your initial post, refer to Chapter 6 of your textbook, section 6.1, and 4 Tips for Slowing Down to Reduce Stress to answer the following:
- Why is it essential for a balance to exist between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems?
- Contrast the anticipation that is frequently experienced in generalized anxiety with the reaction to a phobic object in specific phobia.
- Describe one way that a therapist might help a patient activate the parasympathetic nervous system to calm the mind and body.
- How does an anxiety disorder apply to any of the following programmatic themes?
You may want to review the Programmatic Themes PDF document.
- Self-care
- Social justice
- Emotional intelligence
- Career connections
- Ethics