AD Psychological models Flashcards
DSM 5 ADs
GAD, PD, phobias (specific, agora, social)
Diffuse anxiety
no specific object/ situation threatens them, but they still feel very anxious
GAD worry is... lasts... about ? activities/ events accompanied by
chronic, uncontrollable and excessive >3 months 2+ restlessness, muscle tension significant distress/ impairment
Panic disorder
(un) or expected?
attacks of terror are
?duration of persistent concerns about attacks +//
significant maladaptive change in ? related to them
both
sudden/ repeated, overwhelming
>1 month
behaviour
Comorbidity
“with anxious distress” helps rate severity
Fear
about a specific dangerous object/ situation
Phobias
fear lasting ? which is out of proportion to the actual danger/ threat of the stimulus (after taking what into account?)
> 6 months
cultural context
Social anxiety disorder/ phobia
description
duration
specifier
fear of social situations where one is exposed to the scrutiny of others
>6 months
“performance only” specifier
Agoraphobia
description
duration
specifier
fear of venturing into public spaces
>6 months
experienced in at least 2 different situations
Anxiety inferred
isn’t experienced, but exists to explain symptoms
OCD
description
specifiers
recurrent obsessions, compulsions
time consuming- distress/ impairment
tic-related; with good/ fair/ poor/ absent insight/ delusional symptoms
Baxter et al (2013) prevalence gender >55s culture
global prevalence of ADs= 7.3%
women 2x likely to be diagnosed with AD (OCD= equal)
20% less likely to have AD/ OCD compared to younger adults
20-50% lower anxiety risk in non-Euro/Anglo cultures
Behavioural aetiology (phobias) Mowrer (1947) avoidance-conditioning formulation
Watson+ Raynor (1920)= learned through classical conditioning
maintained through operant conditioning
Behavioural aetiology (phobias) Bandura (1986)
modelling
Behavioural Rx (phobias)
systematic desensitisation (Wolpe, 1958) flooding modelling
Behavioural Rx for social anxiety
social skills training, relaxation, exposure
Behavioural Rx for OCD
ritual/ response prevention
Opris (2012)
VR exposure Rx (behavioural model)
Behavioural evaluation
difference between ADs concerns how much exposure is arranged/ what situations the patient must confront
effective Rx for OCD+ social anxiety
Deacon+ Abramowitz (2004)
biological Rx
congitive Rx
behavioural Rx= effective for OCD/ social anxiety
cognitive Rx= useful in combination with other Rx
Seligman (1971)
Behavioural cons
preparedness theory/ selectivity of phobias
non-traumatic phobias (modelling)
prediction
cognitive change
Clark (1996) cognitive aetiology for panic disorders
catastrophic misinterpretation of bodily stimuli
in/external trigger stimulus- perceived threat- apprehension- bodily sensations- interpret these as catastrophic
Cognitive Rx
reinterpret scary bodily sensations as due to stress rather than impending dooooom
Cognitive-behavioural approach
exposure= mimic start of attack (hyperventilating)
make cognitive link between behaviour+ sensations
combine with relaxation and social support
Tzourmanis (2009)
variant (cognitive analytic therapy) shown to be an effective brief Rx for panic disorder, with maintained benefits at one year follow-up