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Why is anxiety thought to be normal?

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  • Xp by most people

- bodily changes are our natural FoF response

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What are the 6 different subtypes of anxiety disorder?

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  1. Phobias
  2. Panic disorder
  3. GAD
  4. OCD
  5. PTSD
  6. Acute stress disorder
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What are the 2 separate categories of phobia?

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  1. Specific phobias

2. Social phobias (AKA Social anxiety disorder)

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What is a specific phobia?

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  • where there is a persistent + excessive fear of a particular object/ situation
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What is thought to be the lifetime prevalence of specific phobias?

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12-20%

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What are the 5 separate subtypes of specific phobias?

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  1. Animals
  2. Natural environment
  3. Blood-injection-injuries
  4. Situational (enclosed space, flying)
  5. Other types
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What is the fear of blood called?

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Haematophobia

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What is the fear of germs called?

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Microphobia

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What is the fear of Heights called?

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Acrophobia

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What is the fear of Snakes called?

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Ophidiophobia

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What is the fear of Water called?

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Aquaphobia

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Who seem to be at a greater risk of specific phobias, men or women?/

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WOMEN
- animal + situational phobia
- no difference in blood-injection-injuries
Fredrikson et al (1996)

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What fears are thought to be the most prevalent?

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varies between height, dental + spider

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What is a social phobia (social anxiety disorder)?

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individual has an intense + persistent fear of being under scrutiny or embarrassing themselves in social situations
- negative opinions of themselves + possible outcome of social situations

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What are the most common social phobias (APA, 2011)

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  1. Fear related to meeting new people
  2. Speaking in public
  3. Using public bathrooms
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What is the lifetime revalance of social phobias?

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12.1%

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What are safety behaviours?

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anxiety relieving strategies employed by those suffering from social phobias

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Give examples of social phobias and safety behaviours

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  1. Taking to strangers - babbling - speak quickly, rehearse sentences
  2. Drinking in front of others - losing control - use both hands + grip tightly
  3. Eating in public - vomiting - eat small amounts
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What are the different way phobias are thought to be aquired?

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  1. Biological

- Preparedness theory

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What is the preparedness theory?

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  • suggests humans have an innate tendency to be afraid of certain objects/ situations that could potentially harm us
  • avoiding = better chance of survival
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What is a problem with the preparedness theory?

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Cannot explain phobias associated with modern living

- fear of elevators/ costumed characters

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What other biological theories are there other than preparedness theory?

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  • relating to heightened sensitivity of brain regions involved in fear network
    = Amygdala
    = Medinal prefrontal cortex
    = Thalamus
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What evidence is there to suggest that sharing of negative information can result in phobias/ increased fear (Rachman, 2002)?

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children given more negative comments about animals = more likely to fear than neutral/ positive info

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Why is Agoraphobia related to panic disorder?

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= fear or market place

  • but actually fear of having a panic attack in these situations
  • more frequent in women
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What are the different treatments available for phobias?

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  1. Bio-based
    - anitaxniety
    - antidepressants
  2. Psychological based
    - Emotion
    - Cognition
    - Behavioural
    - CBT
    - Psychoeducation
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What are the 2 main types of medication used to treat phobias by altering neurotransmitter systems?

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  1. Antianxiety - Anxiolytics
    - benzodiazepines
  2. Antidepressants
    - SSRI
    - good for social phobias
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What are the 2 ways in which the physiological reaction produced by fears are treated with (Emotions)?

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  1. Relaxation technique
    - muscle tension
    - reduced reactivity to phobic stimuli
  2. Breathing techniques
    - help control for hyperventilation
    - reduce phobic reactivity
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In cognitive therapy of phobia, what aspects of cognition is being treated?

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  1. Their attentional focus on the feared stilmuli
    - they are quick to notice anything that looks vaugly simmilar
  2. Dispropotyional harm they think they will xp
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What are the different therapeutic techiniqes used to alter maladaptive behavioural pattern seen in phobia?

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  1. Exposure therapy
    - Systematic-desensitisation
    * * relaxation technique
    - Flooding + implosion therapy
    * * wait till initial body fear response has died down
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What is psychoeducation?

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  • provision of knowledge + training about a particular disorder
  • to facilitate better understanding + recovery
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What is a panic attack?

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individual becomes extremely anxious,

  • xp physical discomfort + heart palpitations, trembling, shortness of breath
  • may feel they are dying
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What is panic disorder?

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panic attacks are recurrent + unexpected
- continual fear of having additional attacks = changes in behaviour associated with fear
eg avoiding situation ==> agoraphobia

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What is the lifetime prevalence of panic disorders?

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4.7%

twice as prevalent in women + Caucasians

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What are the different biological exp for the cause of panic disorder?

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  1. Genetic predispositoin
    - however hard to find specific gene = genetic + enviornmental interaction shift
  2. Brain structure abnormalities
    - brain region associated with fear response hypersensitive (hippocampus, amygdala + thalamus)
  3. disturbance of neurotransmitter serotonin
    - tho unsure if deficit or excessive = disorder
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What are the different psychological exp for the cause of panic disorder?

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  1. Anxiety Sensitivity (AS)
    - hypersensitive to bodily sensations
    - attribute changes to imminent harm eg heart attack (Schmidt et al, 2010)
    - can predict future development of panic disorder + other anxiety disorders
  2. Catastrophic thinking
    - belief worst will always happen
    - socially embarrass when they detect changes in bodily sensations
    = more changes in body = vicious cycle
    = CC
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What is introspective conditioning?

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type of CC where changes in bodily state result in feelings of fear + panic causing someone to think they are having a heart attack
- changes become conditioned stimulus = fear + panic (conditioned response)

37
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What is the most successful + commonly used psychological treatment for panic disorder (Roy-Byrne et al, 2006)?

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CBT 
- psychoeducation
- cognitive reconstruction
- exposure to changes in bodily sensations 
- exposure to feared stimulus 
= minimise anxiety + fear
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What is thought to be the most successful treatment for panic disorders?

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CBT + medication

  • antidepressants = SSRI
  • anti-anxiety = Benzodiazepines
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What is the heritable estimate of panic disorder (Hettema, Neale + Kendler, 2001)?

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43%

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What are the psychological explanation for the acquisition of GAD?

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  1. Negative schema
    - negative interpretation of everything
    - catastrophe
    - selective abstraction - only looking at the negative points
  2. metacognitive model
    - worrying about worrying
  3. focus Intolerance of uncertainty
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What evidence is there supporting that GAD indidivuals have a negatie schema?

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Rinck (2010)

- more likely to associate neutral words w/ negative attributes = underlying negative cognitive schema

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What is the metacognitive models of GAD ( Wells, 2005/9)?

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exp for the origin of GAD

  • having negative beliefs about the controllability + consequences of worrying
  • concerned about worrying being out of control + that serious health consequences might result from excessive worry
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How does Dugas + Robichaud explain the cause of GAD being due to focus of uncertainty?

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need 100% certainty to avoid worry + anxiety

- they know plane won’t crash but need to be 100% sure

44
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Antidepressants + anti-anxiety are used to treat GAD. How have they been recommmended to use and why?

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Antidepressant = for LT as anti-anxiety has high dependency risk
- initially should use both

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What are the 2 psychological therapies which have been found to be effective in the treatment of GAD?

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  1. CBT
    - found to be as effective as medication
  2. Applied relaxation
46
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What is applied relaxation?

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  • individual trained to identify physiological changes they xp whilst worrying/
  • apply relevant relaxation technique (breathing etc)
47
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How is OCD defined?

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presence of obsessions + compulsions

Obsession - reoccurring + persistent thoughts, images + impulses can = anxiety

Compulsions - behaviours which they feel the need to do in order to relieve distress caused by obsession

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What is the lifetime prevalence of OCD?

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  1. 6%

- but obsession + compulsion exist separately in 13% of gen population

49
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Examples of O + C?

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O = contamination of germs from touching something
C = wearing gloves/ washing hands
O = need for order/ symmetry
C = not allowing people in room/ touch belongings
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What is the genetic heritability of OCD?

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50% = strong

- but still lacking solid evidence for single/ genes

51
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What neuroanatomical areas have been strongly associated with OCD?

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  1. Orbitofrontal cortex
  2. Caudate nucleus
  3. Thalamus
    all have increased metabolism in disorder may = excessive worrying/ repetitive behaviours (Markarian et al, 2010)
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What evidence is there to support the role of abnormal levels of neurotransmitters have a role in the development of OCD?

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Medication increasing serotonin in brain (SSRI) = successful treatments (Simpsons, 2010)
- 60/70% respond to treatment

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What are the key cognitive features of OCD thought to have an important role in the aquisition + maintainance of OCD?

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  1. Over-importance of thoughts
    - believe that thinking but lead to action
    - thinking of being violent mean they will become violent
  2. Inflated responsibility
    - believe they are responsible for preventing from negative events from happening
  3. Intolerance of uncertainty
    - need for certainty
54
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The repeated pairing of what 2 things is thought to = OCD?

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obsessive thought + anxiety-relieving compulsion

CC

55
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What is the downside of using medication for the treatment of OCD?

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  1. Can take 1 month to start taking effect

2. Sometimes need in high dosage = high risk of side effects (Fenske + Schwenk, 2009)

56
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What psychological treatments are used for OCD?

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CBT
Psychoeducation
- thought to be more effective than medication as it is more longer lasting, lower relapse rate

57
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What are the symptoms of PTSD?

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  1. Reliving the traumatic event via intrusive memories = psychological distress + physiological reaction
  2. effort to avoid triggers
  3. increased physical arousal = difficult to sleep + outburst of anger
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Although genes involved in PTSD are not clear, what evidence is there suggesting a genetic link?

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Children of holocaust survivors w/ PTSD more likely to develop PTSD vs children of holocaust survivors without PTSD (Yehuda, Halligan + Bierer, 2001)

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What part of the brain is thought to have heightened sensitivity in PTSD?

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Amygdala - key brain region involved in fear response

- may have stemmed from chronic stress (Ressler, 2010)

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The pairing of what 2 factors is suggested to = PTSD?

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Traumatic event = fear + any cues

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What aspect of cognition is thought to be factors contributing to the acquisition of PTSD (Ehlers + Clark, 2000)?

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  1. negative pattern on thinking
    - threat continually perceived
    - self-blame for traumatic events
  2. Trauma memory not being integrated to autobiographical memory
    - since they xp lots of confusion + detachment during traumatic event
    = unintentional/ expected triggering of trauma memory
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What is the primary bio treatment for PTSD?

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Antidepressant medication = SSRI

  • found to be effective in 59% patients (Stein, Ipser + Seedat, 2009)
  • increase serotonin which may diminish activity of the amygdala
63
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What are the primary psychological treatment for PTSD?

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  1. Trauma-focused CBT
    - memory + meaning of event
  2. Eye movement desensitisation + reprocessing
  3. Focus on coping w/ symptoms of disorder
64
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How is TBCBT carried out?

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  1. Confront stimulus - imagine/ or reality
  2. Asked to describe/ relive event
    = habituated xp = no fear response
65
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What sis Foa et al (1999) when female victims of sexual assaults were asked to imagine + describe the assault taking place on a daily basis?

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effective at reducing PTSD symptoms

66
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What is eye movement desensitisation + reprocessing?

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  1. Focus on memory, emotions + thoughts associated w/ traumatic event
  2. Move hand in front of face to induce eye movement
    = induce a neurobiological state which facilitates integration of traumatic memories into LT memory = reducing negative emotions associated w/ memory
67
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What is the difference between acute stress + PTSD?

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  1. duration of episodes shorter
  2. Feelings of detachment from reality more common
    - 80% of acute stress go on to have PTSD (Murray, Ehlers + Mayou, 2002)
68
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What % of soldiers who returned from serving at Afghanistan met the criteria for PTSD?

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20%

Ramchand et al, 2010

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