Diagnosing anxiety disorders

Although there will be no question asking you to describe the symptoms of Generalized Anxiety Disorder, it is important that you understand the nature of the disorder before we get into the etiologies or potential explanations for the disorder. You should know the affective, behavioural, cognitive, and physiological (somatic) symptoms of the disorder as well as the difficulties in obtaining a valid diagnosis.

In addition to the qualitative and quantitative research methods already discussed in this chapter, there are two other commonly used methods - questionnaires and surveys. Unfortunately, many people use these terms interchangeably. However, there is a clear difference between the two methods.A questionnaire is any written set of questions. The goal of the questions is to collective qualitative data...

The following teacher notes support Health problem: Stress This also includes the sub-chapters: Physiological aspects of stress, Cognitive aspects of stress, Social aspects of stress, and Prevalence of health problems.Many of the ATLs are critical thinking questions, so there is no necessary "correct" answer. The responses below are simply suggestions to give you a better sense of how students...

The following sample is a response to the question: Discuss prevalence rates of one or more health problems. Discuss asks students to consider a range of arguments.The sample response is an example of an exemplary response that should receive top marks. Comments about the essay are included below.The highlighted areas of the essay demonstrate critical thinking.Sample essayEssay contentMarker's...

This section of the site has two purposes. First, it is here that you will find curriculum related material - particularly, the unit planners and advice on how to address the ATL planners on Managebac if your school is using that program.Secondly, this section replaces "teacher notes." For the different components of the curriculum, you will find lesson plans, with links to activities on...

ATL: Essential understandingsPsychology is the scientific study of human behaviour, cognitive processing and attitudes.Psychology is a very broad field of study with many applications.Concepts and theories are the building blocks of the study of human behaviour.What is psychology?Welcome to the world of psychology. If you are like many students, you have signed up for this class with a sense of excitement...

This section of the site has two purposes. First, it is here that you will find curriculum related material - particularly, the unit planners and advice on how to address the ATL planners on Managebac if your school is using that program.Secondly, this section replaces "teacher notes." For the different components of the curriculum, you will find lesson plans, with links to activities on...

This section of the site has two purposes. First, it is here that you will find curriculum related material - particularly, the unit planners and advice on how to address the ATL planners on Managebac if your school is using that program.Secondly, this section replaces "teacher notes." For the different components of the curriculum, you will find lesson plans with links to activities on...

This section of the site has two purposes. First, it is here that you will find curriculum related material - particularly, the unit planners and advice on how to address the ATL planners on Managebac if your school is using that program.Secondly, this section replaces "teacher notes." For the different components of the curriculum, you will find lesson plans, with links to activities on...

The following section includes annotated samples of responses to exam questions - as well as strategies for answering questions based on the command terms. The responses are not from the IB. They are created specifically for the site.There is no definitive list of questions for this curriculum - so the list of potential questions below is not exhaustive. However, most of the questions will fall within...