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Question 1

Acute Stress Disorder

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The development of specific fear behaviors that last form 3 days to 1 month after a traumatic event.

Question 2

Manifestations of Acute Stress Disorder in Children:

Answer 2

Could manifest through play, poorly behaved, demand more attention, clinginess, irritability, nausea.

Question 3

Prevalence of Acute Stress Disorder:

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Who experience an interpersonal traumatic event such as SA, could be as high as 50%.

Question 4

Acute Stress Disorder VS PTSD:

Answer 4

Lasts for a month or less while PTSD can last for months or years.
Estimated that half of those with PTSD initially had acute stress disorder.

Question 5

Treatment for Acute Stress Disorder:

Answer 5

Primary treatment goal is to prevent it from turning into PTSD.

Question 6

Agoraphobia:

Answer 6

Individuals have a disproportionate fear of public places, often perceiving such environments as too open, crowded, or dangerous.
An anxiety disorder.

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Symptoms of Agoraphobia:

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Becoming isolated, avoiding certain places, refusing to leave the house, racing heart, etc.

Question 8

Causes of Agoraphobia:

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Chemical/hormonal imbalances, more controlling personality type, lack of spatial awareness, impaired fight-or-flight reflex.

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Comorbidity of Agoraphobia:

Answer 9

Often comorbid with panic disorder - up to 1/3.

Question 10

Alcohol Intoxication:

Answer 10

Characterized by clinically significant behavioral or psychological changes that occur after drinking alcohol.

Question 11

Symptoms of Alcohol Intoxication:

Answer 11

Slurred speech, poor balance, dizziness, headaches, nausea, impaired judgement.

Question 12

Alcohol Use Disorder:

Answer 12

Characterized by a combination of alcohol-related medical conditions accompanied with alcohol dependence or misuse.

Question 13

Symptoms of AUD:

Answer 13

Combination of craving, physical dependence, increasing tolerance, and loss of control - linked to early mortality.

Question 14

Three Steps to Recovery for AUD:

Answer 14

1. Detoxification.
2. Rehabilitation.
3. Maintenance of sobriety.

Question 15

AUD and Benzodiazepines:

Answer 15

Often used to treat withdrawal symptoms.

Question 16

Disulfiram:

Answer 16

When they drink alcohol on this medication, they experience nausea and other side effects.

Question 17

Combined Behavioral Intervention:

Answer 17

Combination of several therapies such as CBT, a 12-step program, and additional enhancement and/or motivational therapy.

Question 18

Alcohol Withdrawal:

Answer 18

A potentially life-threatening state that is found in people who engage in heavy drinking for a period of time, then either stop or dramatically decrease their alcohol intake.

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Symptoms of Alcohol Withdrawal:

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Can start as soon as two hours past the last drink, include sweating, increased heart rate, hallucinations, hand tremors, etc.

Question 20

Anorexia Nervosa:

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Individuals who are preoccupied with maintaining a low body weight and who hold abnormal attitudes toward food that affects the sufferer’s behavior and eating habits.

Question 21

Specific Diagnostic Criteria for Anorexia:

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Sufferer’s weight is significantly low, displays an intense fear of gaining weight and becoming fat and this fear persists, displays a distorted view of their body weight and shape.

Question 22

Two Subtypes of Anorexia:

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1. Restrictive - use dieting, fasting, and/or excessive exercise.
2. Binge/Purge - overeating then purging through vomiting or misuse of laxatives.

Question 23

Maudsley Approach:

Answer 23

Family-based therapy where the parents take responsibility for feeding their adolescent child.

Question 24

Antisocial Personality Disorder

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Individuals who habitually and pervasively disregard or violate the rights and considerations of others without remorse.

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Terms “sociopathy” and “psychopathy”:

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Sociopathy - stemming from environmental causes.
Psychopathy - stemming from genetic causes.

Question 26

Characteristics of those with APD:

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Charismatic, good at obtaining sympathy from others, impaired moral conscious, higher intelligence, might have empathy, but are able to switch it on and off.

Question 27

Criteria:

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1. Disregard for and violation of others rights since age 15.
2. The person is at least 18.
3. Conduct disorder was present before age 15.
4. Antisocial behavior does not occur in the context of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.

Question 28

Risk Factors for APD:

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Having a first-degree relative with APD, and being a male.
Having “uncoupled connections” in the frontal and parietal lobes and deficits in the cerebellum.

Question 29

Treatments for APD:

Answer 29

Empathy training, religion and spirituality could play a role, cognitive self-change (a form of CBT).

Question 30

Incarceration and APD:

Answer 30

Not an effective treatment because they are resistant to punishment, it may actually reinforce their beliefs that they exist above and beyond society.

Question 31

Anxiety Disorder Due To Another Medical Condition (ADDTAMC):

Answer 31

The presence of that medical condition leads directly to the anxiety experienced.

Question 32

Symptoms of ADDTAMC: