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| Título: | Anxiety in Psychological Perspective: Pathology or Project? |
| Autores: | Cavaco, Odília
Pintado, Isabel Serrano |
| Palavras Chave: | Anxiety as emotional state
“De-psychopathology-zation” of anxiety
Anxiety as project |
| Data: | 2013 |
| Resumo: | Based on our clinical experience as psychologists and the scientiflc literature, particularly on cognitive behavioral perspective, we propose a reflection on the concept of anxiety and its implications in psycho!ogical practice. Currently, anxiety is widely used in seientiflc language, in common language and in most different contexts, e.g., at school, at work or in the family. In psychological terms, the most commonly accepted definition of anxiety is an ‘emotional state. Will it be? Why so and why not? Is anxiety a pathological process or an element of life projeci? Is ii a “cognitive error” or an affective hesitation? Would not ii be the so-called “anxiety disorders best understood in terms of ‘decision disorders? To address these questions, two main points guide our analysis: 1) to emphasize psychological perspective ofanxiety (anxiety as project) and distinguish it from the bio-physiological perspective; and 2) to diffcrentiate normal anxiety from pathological anxiety. In a psychological perspective, thrce factors should be considered in order to understand anxiety: activity; hiture; and risk. Therefore, it is necessary to reverse the apparent phenomenon of “psychopathologyzation of anxiety for a better psychological service to community. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10314/2511 |
| Aparece nas Colecções: | Artigos em Acta de Conferência Internacional (ESS)
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