Anxiety Flashcards
What is an important question to ask in anxiety context?
Substance use!! Alcohol, benzos…
What are the symptoms of anxiety?
tremor
clamminess
GI upset
Palpitations
sense of impending doom
tachyopnoea
chest tightness
dry mouth
light headedness
What are the pyschological symptoms of anxiety
poor concentration
sense of dread
restlessness
fear of dying
fear of losing control
What is the treatment for phobias?
graded exposure
What is flooding?
total exposure, throw you in room with spiders
Define agoraphobia
extreme or irrational fear of entering open or crowded places, of leaving one’s own home, or of being in places from which escape is difficult.
Symptoms of PTSD
nightmares
flashbacks
numbness and emotional detachment
avoidance of activities
hypervigiliance
hyperarousal
What are the features of OCD
obsessions- recurrent intrusive thoughts, images
Compulsions- ritualistic motor act (must wash hands 8 times )
feelings of distress, they know this is not normal, in contrast to psychosis i.e. you have insight
WHat is somatoform disorder?
?? mental disorder which cannot be explained by medical condition e.g. muscle weakness in one leg
