Anxiety Flashcards
What are the types of anxiety?
- Pure anxiety
- OCD and related
- Trauma and stress related
- Agoraphobia
What are the types of pure anxiety?
Separation anxiety
Social anxiety disorder
What is separation anxiety?
Anxiety about one or more social situations
What does it mean to have a specific phobia?
Anxiety about a specific situation or object.
What is panic disorder?
Requires panic attacks but the panic attacks themselves are not a disorder.
What are some of the symptoms of having a panic disorder?
shortness of breath
Palpitations
Derealization
Numbness or tingling
What are the types of pure anxiety disorders?
Separation anxiety
Social anxiety disorder
What is social anxiety?
severe and unreasonable fear of being embarrassed or humiliated when doing something in front of
peers or adults.
What are some symptoms of separation anxiety?
display an unwillingness to be alone
Show signs of distress and physical symptoms on separation
What is happens when a person has agoraphobia?
They will avoid certain situations because they have anxiety about having a panic attack.
What is OCD?
Recurrent obsessions or compulsions. It requires one or both either obsessions or compulsions.
What are the types of trauma related anxiety disorders?
PTSD
Acute Stress Disorder
What is PTSD?
Post-traumatic stress disorder
What are the types of OCD?
Hoarding
Body dysmorphia
Excoriation (skin picking)
trichotillomania (hair pulling)
What are the diagnostic criteria for PTSD?
- Negative alterations in cognition and mood
Inability to experience positive emotions - Alterations in arousal and reactivity
Hypervigilance
Irribility ans anger
