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54  Predominant Threat Prototypes

54.1 Summary

• Prototypes dominated by threat perception, fear responses, and avoidance or safety behaviors.

54.2 Included Prototypes

• Panic Pattern Prototype.
• Generalized Worry Pattern Prototype.
• Social Threat Pattern Prototype.
• Specific Phobia Pattern Prototype.

54.3 How to Use This Cluster

• Start from the Atlas entry for anxiety/threat to confirm phenomenology.
• Rate the Anxiety and Threat Sensitivity domain.
• Apply a prototype label only when it adds communication value.

54.4 Boundary Markers

• What it is: threat-dominant patterns that organize behavior and function.
• What it is not: trauma-driven hypervigilance or obsession-driven fear without threat focus.

54.5 Common Overlap

• Sleep and arousal dysregulation.
• Somatic distress and interoceptive sensitivity.

54.6 Cross-Links

• Atlas: Anxiety, Threat, and Bodily Alarm.
• Domains: Anxiety and Threat Sensitivity; Arousal, Sleep, and Circadian Regulation.
• Specifiers: Course and Time Pattern; Severity and Impairment; Etiologic Contributors.

54.7 Documentation Snippet (1-2 lines)

• “Threat-dominant profile with avoidance; consider panic vs generalized worry prototype after domain rating.”