Anxiety Disorder

Question 1

What is an Anxiety Disorder?

Answer 1

“normal” anxiety is when the physiological and psychological response to stress is adaptive and symptom, however it turns pathological when it is for an extreme duration and severity, disproportionate to real life events, and in absence of precipitating event

Question 2

*Phobic Disorders

Answer 2

persistent, excessive, irrational fear and avoidance of specific objects, activities, or situations

Question 3

What are the 5 categories of objects?

Answer 3

animals, environment, situations, blood injections/injury, and others
these are related to specific phobias

Question 4

Social Phobia

Answer 4

fear of being publicly humiliated/embarrassed and the gender different between females and males is 14%>12%

Question 5

Etiology of Phobic Disorders

Answer 5

there is the preparedness theory which states that it is evolutionary and we have learned over time, there is temperament which states shy and inhibited infants are more likely to have phobias, and conditioning to phobias

Question 6

*Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia

Answer 6

sudden occurence of multiple physiological and psychological symptoms producing feeling of terror
-it can also be accompanied by agoraphobia which is the fear of public spaces

Question 7

Acute Symptoms of Panic Disorder

Answer 7

shortness of breath, heart palpitations, sweating, dizziness, depersonalization, derealization, and fear that one is going crazy or dying
-these symptoms are short lived

Question 8

DSM Diagnosis Requirement for Panic Disorder

Answer 8

recurrent, unexpected panic attacks and feeling of dread or anxiety about potential future attacks

Question 9

US Adult Population Rate of Panic Disorder

Answer 9

22% of the population has at least 1 panic attack and and about 5% of people are diagnosed with the disorder and women are twice as likely to have the disorder

Question 10

Etiology of Panic Disorder

Answer 10

sodium lactate is a type of chemical that those with panic disorder are sensitive to and that genetics is involved for this disorder in being hereditary

Question 11

*Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Answer 11

chronic excess generalized anxiety without a precipitating cause with at least 3 of the following symptoms: restlessness, fatigue, concentration problems, irritability, muscles tension, sleep disturbance. There is also a feeling of a loss of control

Question 12

US Adult Population with GAD

Answer 12

there are around 6% that have this disease and it is more common for females that have a percentage of 8% to males who have a percentage of 5%

Question 13

Etiology of GAD

Answer 13

modest level of heritability and neurotransmitters like GABA, but also stress/anxiety provoking situations

Question 14

Shared Characteristics of Anxiety Disorders

Answer 14

there are psychological which are personality, coping styles, and intellectual functioning, there are situational which are negative life events and social learning, and finally there are biological which are heritability and genetic but also neurotransmitters