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Anxiety

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Apprehension, uneasy, uncertain, dread

Threat (from negative thinking)

can erode self worth

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Mild Anxiety

Definition and Symptom (1)

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tension of day-to-day
increased alertness/awareness
wide perception
motivates learning and creativity

SX: Slight discomfort Fidgeting

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Moderate anxiety

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Nervous/Agitated
focus on immediate concerns
narrows perceptual field

SX:
Selective inattention:
only certain things seen/heard

SNS: increased tension, restless, increase HR, RR (Mild somatic: tummy hurts, gotta pee!)

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Severe Anxiety

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one detail at a time
cannot complete task

SX:
HA, dizzy, insomnia, hyperventilation, impending doom.
Automatic beh

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Panic

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Fight, Flight, Freeze

No comprehension
Possible psychosis

Behvior: screaming, pacing, running, shouting, extreme withdrawal

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Repression

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involuntary

body takes away memory

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Supression

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voluntary

you seclude memory
(trouble when its excessive)

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When is anxiety pathologic?

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Interferes with life

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Which populations are more at risk for anxiety? (gender, age, environment)

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Women
<45 y/o
Divorced
Low SES

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Children stats for anxiety

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separation / OCD

more likely to exhibit SI

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Elderly stats for anxiety

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depressive and anxiety

decreased social functioning, somatic sx more common

High suicide risk

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Anxiety Neurotransmitters

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Decrease GABA/Seratonin

Increase Norepineprhine

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Anxiety limbic system

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Hippocampus (memory relates to FEAR)

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Psychodynamic - Freud
(anxiety)

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repressed unconscious childhood conflicts

Ego defense mechanism used

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Interpersonal- Sullivan
(anxiety)

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early needs unmet

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Cognitive
(anxiety)

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negative thinking

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Behavioral - Learning
(anxiety)

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learned response that you cant unlearn

ANXIETY IS CONTAGIOUS!

Active avoidance- cannot avoid

Passive avoidance- stay away

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Separation Anxiety Disorder

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Normal: 8 mo
Peaks: 18mo

Abnormal: inappropriate level of concern away from s/o

Risks: major life change/environment or trauma

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Panic attacks
(Onset, SX )

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sudden onset - Rapid, intense, escalating anxiety
—-few min to 15 min

Unpredictable: does not occur immediately before of on expose to trigger (fear the fear)

SX: palpation, sweating, tremor, SOB, CP, fear fear fear

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Panic disorder

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reoccurring unexpected panic attacks

1mo+ of concern about another, change of behavior

can lead to phobia

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Specific phobia

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Irrational fear to trigger

GREEN OLIVESSSSS

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Agoraphobia

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fear of being in situations where unable to leave freely
fear to leave house

Spongebob with chip, paperclip and penny

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Arachnophobia

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(spiders) - Ron Wesley

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Acrophobia

A

height

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Belonephobia

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needles

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Hematophobia

A

blood

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Zoophobia

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all animals

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Claustrophobia

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spaces

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taphophobia

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buried alive

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Generalize Anxiety Disorder
(Onset, dx factors, sx)

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chronic, unrealistic

most days for 6mo+

impairment of day to day

depression common

restless, fatigue easy, difficulty concentrating, irritable

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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

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recurrent obsessions/compulsions
(severe, take more than 1hr)

Recognizes that thoughts/actions are excessive but w/o cause discomfort (exclude children*)

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Obsessions

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unwanted, recurrent, intrusive, persistent ideas

contamination, harm to self/others, aggression, sexual, religion, symmetry urges

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Compulsions

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unwanted repetitive rituals/patterns

washing/cleaning, repeating, checking, touching, counting, ordering, hoarding, praying

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Trichotillomania

A

Hair - Pulling

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Trichophagia

A

swallowing pulled fair
Massess –> Rapunzel syndrome

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Excoriation Disorder

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Skin picking disorder

face - head, cuticles, back, arms, legs, hands/feet

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Hoarding disorder

A

cannot part with posessions
food/pets (LILLIE!)

SSRI/Therapy

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Body dysmorphic disorder

A

belief body is deformed/defective
– mirror checking/camouflage

False assumptions, disgust, high suicide risk

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Assessment of anxiety

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presense of sx
physical/neuro
severity (beck)
screen/self-harm
support?

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Displacement

A

transfer of emotion on to another

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compulsion (DEFENSE MECH)

A

undoing
(making up for act)

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Reaction-formation

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avoid/expresses opposite of negative feelings

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intellectualization

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attends to details but not feelings

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Nursing interventions for Anxiety

A

assess level
promote safety
decrease stimulation
WITH PANIC
remain with client, soothe, simple directions w repetition, deep breathing

45
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Family education for Anxiety

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manage triggers/symptoms of escalating anxiety

46
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Increasing self care

A

coping, hope, self-esteem enhancement, relaxation

nutrition/fluid intake, hygiene/grooming, elimination, sleep

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phobia interventions

A

explore perception of threat, discuss reality, coping strats

Therapists -
systematic desensitization (pictures of plane –> get on plane)

flooding (implosion therapy) - uncomfortable just jumping in

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OCD interventions

A

don’t be judgmental or disapproving

provide structure

gradually decrease ritual time

recognize/reduce family accommodation behaviors

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OCD Exposure and Response Prevention

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“fear hierarchy”

50
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Interventions of trichotillomania/excoriation

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non-judgemental, let them know they can stop

habit reversal, competing response, social support/stress management

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