Anxiety Flashcards
Best pharmacological treatment for BDD
Fluoxetine
The most common comorbidity in OCD
MDD
What kind of learning underlies agoraphobia?
Negative reinforcement
Beta blockers in GAD
Not recommended (CANMAT)
Lifetime prevalence of GAD
6%
GAD first line treatment strategy
CBT
GAD- CBT with pharmacotherapy yes or no?
No according to CANMAT. CBT first, then pharmacotherapy if no response
Co-morbidity rate in GAD
50-90%
Anxiogenic substances
- CCK
- Sodium lactate
- L-Dopa
- Carbon dioxide
- Modafinil
- THC
- LSD
- Amphetamines
- GABA antagonists
- Caffeine
Panic disorder is by definition panic which is unexpected T/F
T
Age of onset in panic disorder
Young adulthood (not adolescence)
Lifetime prevalence of panic disorder
Approx 5%
What percentage of ppl w panic disorder experience nocturnal panic?
40-70%
How many symptoms do you need for the DSM V diagnosis of a panic attack?
Four
CBT has been favoured over pharmacotherapy in a meta-analysis for treatment of panic disorder T/F
T (CANMAT)
Gabapentin is first line in panic disorder T/F
F it’s third line
First line pharmacotherapies in panic disorder CANMAT 2014
- Paroxetine
- Paroxetine CR
- Fluoxetine
- Fluvoxamine
- Venlafaxine XR
- Sertraline
- Escitalopram
- Citalopram
The therapy with the greatest evidence base in trichotillomania
Habit reversal
First line therapies for social anxiety disorder
CBT + exposure therapy alone
Which is the only specific scale for social anxiety disorder?
Liebowitz
Is there an association between panic disorder and mitral valve prolapse?
No- CANMAT 14
Anxiety disorders have a lower age of onset than mood disorders T/F
T (K&S)
A drug with efficacy for trauma related nightmares & poor sleep in PTSD
Prazosin
Antipsychotics may have a role in treatment of flashbacks in PTSD T/F
T
Combat PTSD is harder to treat than civilian PTSD T/F
T
There is an evidence base for EMDR in panic disorder T/F
F
In functional imaging studies in PTSD what happens to a) the amygdala and b) Broca’s area after provocation of symptoms by a stimulus?
A) increased activation of the amygdala B) hypo perfusion of Broca’s
What does yohimbine do to ppl with PTSD and panic disorder but not controls?
Causes anxiety
Smaller hippocampi in PTSD T/F
T
MRI studies in panic disorder have implicated the temporal lobes T/F
T, partic the hippocampus
In PTSD psychological therapy is effective for comorbidity with depression T/F
F, it’s not as effective
Anterior capsulotomy is an option for treatment refractory OCD T/F
T