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Anxiety Disorders Flashcards

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Anxiety

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Mood marked by negative affect, physical tension and apprehension
Apprehension without apparent course

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Fear

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Immediate alarm reaction to danger

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Panic

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Sudden, overwhelming fear

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Panic attack

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Abrupt experience of fear with physyical symptoms

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Most common anxiety disorders

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General public: specific phobia
Seeking treatment: Panic disorder

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Objective anxiety

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Freud’s conception of fear
Natural response to realistic perception of external danger

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Neurotic anxiety

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Free floating anxiety
Can attach to an object or situation as a phobia

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The integrated model of causes of anxiety

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Biological vulnerability
Specific psychological vulnerability
General psychological vulnerability

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Biological causes of anxiety

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Inherited tendencies
Brain circuits and neurotransmitters
Behavioral-Inhibition System
Fight/Flight System

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Psychological causes of anxiety

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Learned helplessness
Parenting and development of sense of control
Anxiety sensitivity and tendencies
Conditioning of fearful stimuli

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Social causes of anxiety

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Stressful life events

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Anxiety Symptoms

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Behavioral- Observable
Cognitive- Thought processes
Physiological- Bodily response

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Behavioral Anxiety symptoms

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Motoric uneasiness, Hypervigilance, screaming/crying, compulsive and avoidant behaviors

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Cognitive Anxiety Symptoms

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Inattentiveness, distractability, decreased school performance, impaired memory

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Physiological anxiety symptoms

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Increased heart rate and blood pressure; electrodermal activity, enuresis, abdominal pain, etc.

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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Excessive worrying

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Panic Disorder

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Recurrent Panic attacks

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Agoraphobia

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Fear of being in crowds, public places, or open areas and being unable to find safety

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Specific phobia

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Intense fear of an object or situation that leads to avoidant behaviors

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Social phobia

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Fear of uncomfortable social interactions

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Separation anxiety disorder

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Fear of separation from attachment figures

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PTSD

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Witnessing a life-threatening trauma and reexperiencing it through intrusive thoughts and nightmares, leads to chronic stress

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OCD

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Time-consuming obsessive and compulsive behaviors

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Other OCD disorders

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Trichotillomania- Hair pulling
Excoriation- Skin picking
Hoarding
Body dysmorphic disorder

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