Anxiety 3 Flashcards
Cognitive therapy focuses on helping manage anxiety by focusing on which negative thoughts/cognitive distortions ______ (3).
- Catastrophizing
- Generalization
- Overestimating (probability of negative outcome)
Lifetime prevalence of general anxiety disorder
Lifetime Prevalence: 4-7%
–12 mo prevalence 0.9% adolescents, 2.9% adults
(female:male = 2:1)
Age of onset general anxiety disorder
Early twenties
General anxiety disorder: genetics
- SATB1 (chromo 3)
- ESR 1 (chromo 6)
Course of general anxiety disorder
Chronic
(severity fluctuates)
Complications of general anxiety disorder (3)
- MDD
- Substance abuse
- Panic disorder
General anxiety disorders may be comorbid with MDD and this increases the likelihood of
(GAD shows significant impairment at an emotional and physical level)
General anxiety disorder is the excessive anxiety and worry occurring more days than not for at least_____about a number of events or activities
six months
(they have difficulty controlling a worry)
General anxiety disorder criteria: anxiety and worry associated with three or more of the following symptoms (or one for children): feeling restless/”keyed up”, easily fatigued _____ (4).
- Difficulty concentrating
- Irritability
- Muscle tension
- Sleep disturbance
In general anxiety disorder the worry and anxiety or physical symptoms cause significant distress or impairment in _____(3).
- Social
- Occupational
- Other areas of functioning
General anxiety disorder first-line treatment
- SNRIs
- SSRIs
- CBT
General anxiety disorder second-line treatment (4)
- Benzos
- Buspirone
- TCAs
- Antihistamines
Prevalence of separation anxiety disorder
3%
Separation anxiety disorder may be a precursor to _____
Panic disorder
(maybe related to academic, athletic problems or social skills)
Criteria for separation anxiety: developmentally inappropriate and excessive anxiety with three or more of the following: Distress about separation from attachment figure, _______(4).
- Fear of harm to or separation event from attachment figure
- Refusal to go to school
- Fear of being alone or sleeping
- Nightmares about separation
Separation anxiety duration
At least 4 weeks
Separation anxiety disorder does NOT occur exclusively during the course of a _______(3), and is not better accounted for by Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia.
- Pervasive Developmental Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Other psychotic disorder
Separation anxiety management (2)
- Identify thoughts about anxiety
- Parental interventions
What’s parental interventions can you offer for parents of separation anxiety disorder?
- Education about anxiety (effective over protection in maintaining anxiety)
- Parental management techniques
- Application of exposure hierarchies
Define selective mutism
How to speak in specific social situations where there is an expectation for speaking
(interferes with occupation and social communication)
Duration of selective mutism
At least one month
Failure to speak in selective mutism is not attributed to ______ (2).
Lack of knowledge or comfort with the language spoken