18.2 word analysis and definition anxiety disorders

Question 1

acrophobia

Answer 1

pathologic fear of heights

Question 2

agoraphobia

Answer 2

pathologic fear of being trapped in a public place

Question 3

anxiety

Answer 3

distress causes by fear

Question 4

claustrophobia

Answer 4

pathologic fear of being trapped in a confined space

Question 5

compulsion

Answer 5

uncontrollable impulse to perform an act repetitively

Question 6

conversion disorder

Answer 6

an unconscious emotional conflict is expresses as physical symptoms with no organic basis

Question 7

insomnia

Answer 7

inability to sleep

Question 8

obsession

Answer 8

persistent, recurrent, uncontrollable thoughts or impulses

Question 9

obsessive

Answer 9

processing, persistent, recurrent uncontrollable thoughts or impulses

Question 10

phobia

Answer 10

pathologic fear or dread

Question 11

posttraumatic

Answer 11

occurring after and caused by trauma

Question 12

psychosomatic

Answer 12

pertaining to disorders of the body usually resulting from disturbances of the mind

Question 13

somatic symptom disorder

Answer 13

distressing physical symptoms occur, causing abnormal thoughts, feelings, and behaviour

Question 14

somatoform

Answer 14

physical symptom occurring without identifiable physical cause.