Anxiety Disorders Flashcards
What disorder involves recurrent and unexpected panic attacks that consist of physical symptoms?
Panic Disorder
A person with Panic Disorder worries about what?
Future attacks, implication o the attack and significant behavior change (avoidance)
What does a person experience when having Panic Disorder?
Thoughts and patterns that escalate panic symptoms
What percent of the population has a Panic Disorder?
7%
Panic Disorder is more prominent in women or men?
Twice as common in women (7%)
Men 3%
Counselor Considerations for working with Panic Disorder clients.
- Provide reassurance that reactions are normal; counseling is a successful treatment option.
- Create a warm and supportive environment.
- Evaluate contextual factors, frequency, severity, and subjective experience of the attacks.
- Assess for comorbid conditions and cultural variations.
- Provide education
- Be aware of negative life events, coping skills, and overall impairment in functioning
Treatments for Panic Disorders
CBT, Panic Control Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Exercise, Psychopharmacotherapy
How can CBT be used as a treatment for Panic Disorders?
It can challenge and replace distorted and dysfunctional thoughts.
How can Panic Control Therapy (PCT) be used as a treatment for Panic Disorders?
- Cognitive behavioral approach
- Self-induced panic attacks to help clients realize their worse fears won’t occur (death, losing control, etc.)
- Cognitive restructuring and breathing retraining.
How can Acceptance and Commitment Therapy be used as a treatment for Panic Disorders?
- Cognitive behavioral approach
- Incorporates acceptances, mindfulness, and behavior-change strategies
How can Exercise be used as a treatment for Panic Disorders?
Impacts clients’ perceptions of their physiological sensations by altering their level of association with symptoms and diminish their fear of the attacks.
How can Psychopharmacotherapy be used as a treatment for Panic Disorders?
SSRI’s and Benzodiazepines alter serotonin levels and aid cell communication in the brain.
Which disorder involves persistent and unreasonable fears in response to the presence or anticipation of a particular object, event, or situation?
Specific Phobia
What does someone with Specific Phobia avoid?
Particular situations or endure with significant distress; anxiety related to proximity to object and ability to escape.
What does Specific Phobia resemble?
Panic disorder, OCD, PTSD, and illness anxiety disorder
What percent of the population is affected by Specific Phobia?
8% (lower rates in older adults)
Specific Phobia is more likely in males or females?
Females (2x as likely)
List the counselor considerations for treatment clients with Specific Phobia.
- Utilize charting or journaling
- Work with other professionals when working with children
- Understand factors that may complicate treatment (e.g., antecedents to fear, comorbid disorders)
- Continuously and adequately assess for suicidality.
- Be accepting, supportive, and calm.
Name the treatments used for Specific Phobia.
Exposure Therapy (In Vivo) and Psychopharmacotherapy
How can Exposure Therapy be used as a treatment for Specific Phobia?
- Clients confront fears from least to most feared and realize they can tolerate the anxiety which is not as distressing.
- Works best when occurring frequently and duration is long enough to decrease anxiety.
What is the most effective and powerful treatment for Specific Phobia?
Exposure Therapy
Which disorder involves avoidance, or endurance with extreme distress, or situations from which escape may be difficult or embarrassing, or those in which help may be unavailable if a panic attack or panic-like symptoms should occur?
Agoraphobia.
What can a person with Agoraphobia feel like?
Trapped, helpless, or embarrassed
Agoraphobia does not require what to be present?
Panic Attacks
What is common in individuals with Agoraphobia?
Substance abuse problems to self-medicate.
What percentage of adults suffer from Agoraphobia?
2% adults