Anxiety Flashcards
Anxiety
Specific phobia
Social axiety
Panic attack specifyer (PA)
Agoraphobia
Genarized anxiety
Specific Phobia
A. fear/anxiety about specific object or situation
B. Must always provoke immediate fear
C. actively avoided or endured with intense fear
D. Out of proportion to actual danger
E. persistent, typically 6 mths or more
Social anxiety
A. anxiety about one ore more social situations
B. Fear of being negatively evaluated
C. social situation almost always evoke anxiety
D. Social situation is avoided or endured w anxiety
E. fear is out of proportion
F. Persistent, typically 6 mths om
Panic Attack (PA) Specifier
A. abrupt surge of intense fear/discomfort that reaches peak within minutes. 4 or more of the following:
dizzy/unsteady
feelings of choking
pounding heart
Chest pain
sensations of short breath
Nausea
chills/heat sensations
sweating
Trembling/shaking
paresthesias (numbness/tingling)
Derealization/depersonalization
Fear of losing control
Fear of dying
Panic disorder
A. recurrent unexpected panic attacks.
B. At leas t one of the attacks has been followed by 1 month of the following
- persistent worry about additional; panic attacks/consequences
- significant maladaptive change in behavior related to attacks
Agoraphobia
A. Fear or anxiety about two om of following
- Using public transportation
- being in open spaces
- Being in enclosed spaces
- standing in line/being in a crowd
- Being outside of home alone
B. Thoughts of difficult escape or panic like symptoms or showing symptoms are cause of anxiety
C. agoraphobic situ almost always provoke anxiety
D. Actively avoided, recuire companion or endured w intense fear
E. out of proportion
F. Persistant 6 mths om
Generalized anxiety
A. excessive anxiety and worry. More days than not for at least 6 mths about number of events
B. Difficulty controlling worry
C. Associated w three or more of the 6
1. Restlessness or on edge
2. Easily fatigued
3. Difficult concentrating/mind blank
4. Irritability
5. muscle tension
6. Sleep disturbance
