ADHD & OCD

Question 1

Agoraphobia

Answer 1

Marked fear or anxiety in certain places or situations (being outside, being in a crowd)

Question 2

anxiety

Answer 2

mood state characterized by strong negative emotion and bodily symptoms of tension in which the child apprehensively anticipates future danger or misfortune

Question 3

Anxiety disorders

Answer 3

children who experience excessive and debilitating anxieties

Question 4

Fight/flight response

Answer 4

and immediate reaction to perceived danger or threat

Question 5

neurotic paradox

Answer 5

the pattern of self perpetuating behavior in which children who are overly anxious in various situations, even while being aware that the anxiety my be unnecessary or excessive, find themselves unable to abandon their self defeating behaviors

Question 6

Specific phobia

Answer 6

Age-inappropriate persistent, irrational, or exaggerated fear that leads to avoidance of the feared object or event and causes impairment in normal routine

• most phobias in kids related to animals
• may not recognize fear is unreasonable

Question 7

Social anxiety disorder (SOC)(Social phobia)

Answer 7

A marked, persistent fear of social or performance requirements that expose the child to scrutiny and possible embarrassment
- likely to start closer to teen yrs
- Most common fear is doing something in front of others
- More likely than other children to be 
highly emotional
socially fearful
inhibited
Sad
lonely

Question 8

Selective mutism

Answer 8

Failure to talk in specific social situations, even though they may speak loudly and frequently at home or other settings

• in 0.7% of children
• age 3-4 is onset

Question 9

Panic

Answer 9

a group of physical symptoms of the fight/flight response that unexpectedly occur in the absence of any obvious threat or danger

Question 10

Panic attacks

Answer 10

sudden, overwhelming period of intense fear or discomfort accompanied by four or more physical and cognitive symptoms characteristic of the fight/flight response

• rare in young children
• common in adolescents

Question 11

Panic disorder

Answer 11

display recurrent unexpected panic attacks followed by at least 1 month of persistent concern or worry about having another attack, or a significant change in behavior related to the attacks

Question 12

Generalized anxiety disorder

Answer 12

Excessive, uncontrollable anxiety and worry

• Worrying can be episodic or almost continuous
• Worry excessively about minor everyday occurrences

Question 13

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)

Answer 13

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