How Do Escape and Avoidance Behaviours Maintain Anxiety About a Feared

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Essay

How do escape and avoidance behaviours maintain anxiety about a feared situation? Provide an example to demonstrate your understanding. Please discuss each element in your example.

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Definitions:

Self-Esteem

An individual's overall subjective emotional evaluation of their own worth or value.

TCA Imipramine

A tricyclic antidepressant used to treat major depression and enuresis (bedwetting), acting by inhibiting the reuptake of neurotransmitters.

Antidepressant

A medication or other form of treatment designed to alleviate symptoms of depression by influencing neurotransmitter levels.

Enuresis

The medical term for involuntary urination, especially by children at night, also known as bedwetting.