Anxiety Disorders

Question 1

Anxiety disorders

Answer 1

Generalized anxiety disorder, specific phobias, agoraphobia, social anxiety disorder, panic disorder
- separate is OCD

Question 2

types of symptoms

Answer 2

affective, behavioral, cognitive, physcial

Question 3

prevalence

Answer 3

most common mental disorder, 18% of adults in any given year, 1/5 seek treatment

Question 4

Generalized anxiety disorder

Answer 4

excessive anxiety and worry in most circumstances, “free-floating” anxiety
- has to occur for more days than not for at least 3 months

Question 5

phobia

Answer 5

persistent, unreasonable fear for particular objects, activities or situations
- specific, social or agoraphobia

Question 6

specific phobia

Answer 6

women outnumber men at least 2:1
- most people don’t seek treatment

Question 7

phobia treatment

Answer 7

flooding, forced non-gradual exposure

Question 8

agoraphobia

Answer 8

fear of being in situations where escape might be difficult should they experience panic, always triggered by traumatic event
- often comorbid with panic disorder

Question 9

Social anxiety disorder

Answer 9

fear/anxiety about tone of more socials intuitions in which individual is exposed to possible scrutiny by others
-people hold beliefs that consistently work against them

Question 10

panic disorder

Answer 10

when panic attacks happen repeatedly, unexpectedly and without apparent reason
- 80% of people treated with cognitive therapy are panic free for 2 years

Question 11

OCD

Answer 11

cycle of obsessions and compulsions
- most common theme is dirt/contamination for obsessions
- medication plus CBT may be the best

Question 12

OCD related disorders

Answer 12

hoarding, hair-pulling, skin-picking, body dysmorphic disorder