CGP1003

Anxiety

(MED)

Dr G Blashki

3 points + off campus distributed learning + Approximately 10 hours per week

Synopsis: This unit distinguishes anxiety disorder from normal anxiety, stress and anxious personality. It also examines anxiety as a mixed disorder, i.e anxiety in combination with other psychiatric conditions such as depression and schizophrenia, and medical conditions such as hyperthyroidism. Specific anxiety disorders and their management are examined in the same detail. This includes panic attacks and phobia disorders (including agoraphobia and social phobia), obsessive compulsive disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, and generalised anxiety disorder. A number of drug and non drug therapies used in the treatment of these disorders are examined.

Assessment: Written assessment work