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ADPY 7500 > 5. Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, Trauma/Stressor > Flashcards

5. Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, Trauma/Stressor Flashcards

1
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Most common form of psychopathology

A

Anxiety

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2
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Vitamin deficiency that causes anxiety

A

Vitamin B12

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3
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Length of time it takes for SSRIs to work

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4-6 weeks

*Higher doses usually required for anxiety than when treating depression

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4
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Patient has comorbid anxiety and depression, the administration of what class of drug for anxiety may worsen depression

A

Benzodiazepines

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5
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First line for anxiety

A

SSRIs

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6
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Benzo MOA

A

Enhance activity of GABA at GABA-A receptor

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7
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Non-addicting anxiolytic alternatives to benzos

A

Diphenhydramine

Hydroxyzine

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8
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MOA Buspirone

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5-HT1A partial agonist

*not very efficacious

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9
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Good class of drugs for panic attacks of performance anxiety

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Propranolol

*Beta-blockers

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10
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Psychodynamic therapy

A

Facilitates the understanding and insight into the development of anxiety…ultimately increases anxiety tolerance

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11
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Pharm goal for anxiety

A

Symptomatic relief.

Continue treatment for at least 6 months before attempting to titrate off medications

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12
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Risk factor for panic attacks

A

Smoking

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13
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Agoraphobia

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Fear of fear

Avoidance behaviors that become so severe that patient is homebound

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14
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Potentially life-threatening medical conditions that need to be ruled out when patient presents with a panic attack

A

Heart attack
Thyrotoxicosis
Thromboembolism

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15
Q

Most common psychiatric disorder in women

A

phobias

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16
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The majority of patients with selective mutism suffer from what?

A

Anxiety

17
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Time frame of stranger anxiety

A

Begins around 6 months and peaks around 9 months

18
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Time frame of separation anxiety

A

Begins at 1 year old and peaks by 18 months

19
Q

Can significantly reduce anxiety

A

Exercise

20
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Obsessions

A

Recurrent, intrusive, undesired thoughts that increase anxiety

21
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Compulsions

A

Repetitive behaviors or mental rituals

22
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Focuses on exposure and response prevention

A

CBT

23
Q

Egodystonic

A

OCD patients are distressed by their symptoms

24
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Egosyntonic

A

OCPD patients do not percieve their obsessions as an issue

25
Q

75 % of these individuals have co morbid mood or anxiety disorder

A

Hoarders

26
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Trichotillomania

A

Hair-pulling disorder

27
Q

Excoriation

A

Skin-picking disorder

28
Q

Drug to stop nightmares

A

Prazosin

29
Q

Difference between stressful events in adjustment disorder vs PTSD

A

Adjustment disorder: event is not life-threatening…ex. divorce, death of loved one etc.

PTSD: event is life-threatning

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