Study Questions - Assessment& Anxiety Disorders

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    Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure and generally occasion ourselves. -- Beaconsfield.

   1. Why are negative attitudes or stereotypes associated with mental illness but not with physical illness?

   2. Some of the things that make you anxious have no effect on other people. How do you explain this?

   3. Why do you think some people express thier psychological distress or emotional problems by exhibiting bodily symptoms?

   4. What kind of cultural influences and pressures make the vast majority of us afraid to speak in public?

   5. What are some characteristics that teenage school shooters have in common?

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Topics in Psychology
Robert C. Gates