Anxiety and OCD

Question 1

Anxiety

Answer 1

A future oriented emotion characterized by feelings of apprehension and lack of control

This common

Question 2

Anxiety is commonly untreated, less than ____ of those who suffer get treatment, while up to ____ of children display symptoms of ADHD get treatment. Why do you think this is the case?

Answer 2

20% ; 60%. Families believe that this will eventually go away. Another idea could be that anxiety could not be affecting other people differently than ADHD does. ADHD is seen as annoying or the person with anxiety might be hiding it so we could never know.

Question 3

Explain the underlying model of anxiety disorders

Answer 3

Cognitive -> physical -> behavioral. C: child is worried they will get fired from the first grade or they will fail their test. P: stomachache or headache, shaky hands, hives breakout, tense muscles or insomnia. B: stop taking test to go to nurse. Call/text mom while at school to share distress. Ask to go home.

Question 4

S/s separation anxiety

Answer 4

Age inappropriate, excessive, and disabling distress related to separating from parents. Fear of being alone. Worries about parent’s health/well-being. Demands for parental attention/cling to parents. Sleep in parent’s room or by their door. Physical symptoms such as crying, screaming or threatening suicide if parent leaves.

Question 5

Separation anxiety often occurs after the child has…

Answer 5

…experienced a major stressor

Question 6

Children diagnosed with separation anxiety are usually …

Answer 6

…fairly socially skilled

Question 7

Separation anxiety often interferes with…

Answer 7

school performance

Question 8

Social Anxiety Disorder Two levels: Performance and Interaction

Answer 8

Performance- being able to present their presentation by articulating and being able to say what they mean to say efficiently. An example of this would be in sports or dance recital.
Interaction- this child knows what the evaluation criteria is and they are fine but, unstructed social situations are terrifying for them. This child is afraid to talk to other people in the hallway or afraid of going to a birthday party. They feel they do not know what is expected and they may do something wrong. An example of this for the adult version is small talk.

Question 9

How to treat social anxiety disorder?

Answer 9

Expose child to various social situtations and skills to help with their social anxiety

Question 10

Selective Mutism

Answer 10

Rare (less than 1%). Associated with OD. Child is not able to speak when spoken to by teacher or peers. Although at home child is able to talk to their twin

Question 11

Panic Disorder

Answer 11

Panic attacks and worry about having a panic attack can trigger this. This can be confused with specific phobias. This disorde usually happens in a place where they can not espace.

Question 12

It is rare for children to experience panic attacks ____ puberty

Answer 12

before

Question 13

Generalized Anxiety Disorder in children

Answer 13

worries often about things they see in movies, tv or on the internet. also have self-doubt, self-consciousness, worries about meeting others expectations

Question 14

OCD- Define the Obessions

Answer 14

Excessive, irrational, improbable, unrealistic and exaggerated

Question 15

Example of OCD

Answer 15

Child worries that they will get AIDs by touching water fountain or touching sticky objects or being superstitious

Fear of contamination, fears of harm to self or family, exactness

Question 16

OCD- Define compulsions

Answer 16

Repetitive, purposeful, intentional behaviors or mental acts

Question 17

Children with anxiety are perfectionists. Why?

Answer 17

They become this way when the parents only reward for perfection and not for effort