Discuss the contribution of biological factors and conditioning to the etiology of anxiety disorders. Connections have been found between anxiety disorders and mitral valve prolapse . Anxiety sensitivity may make people vulnerable to anxiety disorders. Discuss the contribution of cognitive factors and stress to the etiology of anxiety disorders. Cognitive theorists maintain that certain styles of thinking make some people particularly vulnerable to anxiety disorders.
Anxiety disorders are stress related.
Blazer, Hughes, and George found an association between stress and the development of generalized anxiety disorders. Men who experienced high stress were 8.5 times more likely to develop these disorders. Faraveli and Pallanti found that patients with panic disorder had experienced a dramatic increase in stress in the month prior to the onset of their disorder. Distinguish somatoform disorders from psychosomatic disorders and describe three types of somatoform disorders. Somatoform disorders are physical ailments with no authentic organic basis that are due to psychological factors.