Anxiety And Anxiety Disorders

Question 1

Anxiety

Answer 1

A feeling of apprehension, uneasiness, uncertainty, or dread resulting from a real or perceived threat.

Question 2

Fear

Answer 2

A reaction to a specific danger

Question 3

Mild anxiety

Answer 3

Occurs in the normal experience of everyday living, allows an individual to perceive reality in sharp focus. A person experiencing this sees, hears, and grasps more information and problem solving becomes more effective.

Question 4

Moderate anxiety

Answer 4

Perceptual field narrows, and some details are excluded from observation. The person experiencing this sees, hears and graps less information and may demonstrate selective inattention, in which only certain things in the environment are seen or heard unless they are pointed out. Learning can still take place.

Question 5

Severe anxiety

Answer 5

Focus on one particular detail or many scattered details and have difficulty noticing what is going on in the environment, even when it is pointed out by another. Learning and problem solving not possible.

Question 6

S/S of mild anxiety

Answer 6

Slight discomfort, restlessness, irritability, or mild tension-relieving behaviors.

Question 7

S/S of moderate anxiety

Answer 7

Tension, pounding heart, increased pulse and respirations, perspiration, and mild somatic symptoms

Question 8

S/S of severe anxiety

Answer 8

Headache, nausea, dizziness, insomnia, trembling and pounding of the heart are common and may also experience hyperventilation and a sense of impending doom or dread.

Question 9

Panic

Answer 9

Most extreme level of anxiety and results in markedly disturbed behavior. Unable to process what is going on in the environment and may lose touch with reality.

Question 10

S/s of panic

Answer 10

Pacing, running, shouting, screaming, or withdrawal. Hallucinations, or false sensory perceptions may be experienced. Physical behavior may become erratic, uncoordinated, and impulsive.

Question 11

Defense mechanisms

Answer 11

Automatic coping styles that protect people from anxiety and maintain self-image by blocking feelings, conflicts, and memories.

Question 12

Panic disorder

Answer 12

An anxiety disorder in which panic attacks are the key feature

Question 13

Agoraphobia

Answer 13

An intense, excessive anxiety or fear about being in places or situations from which escape might be difficult or embarrassing or in which help might not be available if a panic attack occurred.

Question 14

Phobia

Answer 14

A persistent, irrational fear of a specific object, activity, or situation that leads to a desire for avoidance, or actual avoidance of the activity, object or situation.

Question 15

Specific phobia

Answer 15

Fear and avoidance of a single object, situation, or activity; very common in the general population.

Question 16

Generalized anxiety disorder

Answer 16

Unrealistic, excessive, or persistent (lasting 6 months or longer) anxiety and worry about two or more li circumstances. Previously learned coping mechanisms are inadequate to deal with this level of anxiety.