Anxiety Disorders

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complex and mysterious as Sigmund Freud realized many years ago.

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Anxiety

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specific type of disorder, but it is more than that

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Anxiety

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Anxiety Disorders [blank] so heavily across the full range of psychopathology.

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emotion implicated

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is a somewhat different but clearly related emotion to anxiety

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Fear

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fear that occurs when there is nothing to be afraid of and at an
inappropriate time

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panic attack

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related to fear

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panic attack

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negative mood state characterized by bodily symptoms of physical tension and by apprehension
about the future

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Anxiety

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immediate alarm reaction to danger

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Fear

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What massive response activates to protect us in fear.

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Autonomic Nervous System

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fear motivates us to what

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Flee (escape) or possibly attack

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sudden overwhelming feeling of fear when there is nothing to be afraid of.

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panic

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abrupt experience of intense fear or acute discomfort

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panic attack

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what physical symptoms accompanied panic attack

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heart palpitations, chest pain, shortness of breath, and possibly, dizziness

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Two types of Panic Attack

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Expected (Cued) Panic attack
Unexpected (Uncued) Panic attack

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Knowing the object/situation in which the panic attack happens
but not anywhere else.

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Expected (Cued) Panic Attack

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Expected attacks are more common in

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Specific phobia and social anxiety disorders

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individual has no clue of when or where the next
attack will occur

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Unexpected (Uncued) Panic Attack

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What attacks are important in panic disorder?

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Unexpected Attacks

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An abrupt surge of intense fear or intense discomfort that reaches a peak within minutes

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Panic Attack

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How many symptoms occur during a Panic Attack?

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Four or more

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What Causes Anxiety Related Disorders?

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Biological, Psychological, Social

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The tendency to panic also
seems to run in families and probably has a genetic component that
differs somewhat from genetic contributions to anxiety

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Biological

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genes and neurotransmitter

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Biological

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What neurotransmitter is also associated in anxiety?

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GABA

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control and uncontrollability rooted to parental upbringing

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Psychological

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the actions of parents in early childhood seem to do a lot to foster this sense of control or uncontrollability

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Psychological contribution

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marital issues, peer pressure, substance-abused, familial issues

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social

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Stressful life events trigger our biological and psychological vulnerabilities to anxiety.

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Social Contribution

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co-occurrence of two or more disorders in a single individual.

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Comorbidity

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most common additional diagnosis for all anxiety disorders

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major depression

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major depression occurred in what percentage over the course of the patient’s life?

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50 %

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more likely to have suicidal thoughts, attempt suicide, and die by suicide

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Individuals with Anxiety

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identified as the anxiety disorders most strongly associated with a transition from suicidal thoughts to suicide attempt

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Panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and specific phobia

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Anxiety disorders also co-occur with several physical conditions

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True

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An important study indicated that the presence of any anxiety disorder was uniquely and significantly associated with thyroid disease, respiratory disease, gastrointestinal disease, arthritis, migraine headaches, and allergic conditions

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True

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irrational fear of a specific object or situation that markedly interferes with an individual’s ability to function

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Specific phobia

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Four Major Subtypes of Specific Phobia

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Blood-Injection-Injury, Situational Phobia, Natural Environmental Phobia, Animal Phobia

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there is a marked drop in blood pressure and a tendency to faint

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Blood-Injection-Injury

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It runs in the family more than any phobic disorder

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Blood-Injection-Injury

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disorders are complicated by panic attacks or other features that are the focus of the anxiety

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Anxiety Disorders

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afraid of something that is not dangerous or have a greatly exaggerated fear of something that is only slightly dangerous

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Specific Phobia

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average age of onset for this phobia is approximately 9 years

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Blood-Injection-Injury

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happens when your body overreacts to certain triggers, it's a common cause of fainting

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Vasovagal Syncope

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fear of public transportation or enclosed places

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Situational Phobia

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main difference between situational phobia and panic disorder is

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people with situational phobia never experience panic attacks outside the context of their phobic object or situation

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fear of situations or events occurring in nature

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Natural Environmental Phobia

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They are not phobias if they are only passing fears

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True

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must be persistent (lasting how many months?) and to interfere substantially with the person’s functioning

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At least 6 months

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become phobic only if severe interference with functioning occurs

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Animal Phobia

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In children, the anxiety may be expressed in what way?

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Crying, Tantrums, freezing, or clinging

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marked fear or anxiety focused on one or more social or performance situations

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Social Anxiety Disorders

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males, urinating in public restrooms is called

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"bashful bladder" or paruresis

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Individuals who suffer with SAD are very anxious only while others are present

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True

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In children, the anxiety must occur in peer settings and not just in interactions with adults.

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True

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If the fear is restricted to speaking/performing in public.

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Performance Only

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To meet criteria for panic disorder, a person must experience an unexpected panic attack and develop substantial anxiety over the possibility of having another attack or about the implications of the attack or its consequences.

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True

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PD is accompanied by a closely related disorder

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Agoraphobia

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In Panic Disorder at least one of the attacks has been followed by how many months?

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1 month

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was coined in 1871 by Karl Westphal, refers to fear of marketplace

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Agoraphobia

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Most agoraphobic avoidance behavior is simply a complication of severe, unexpected panic attack.

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True

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agoraphobia may be characterized either by avoiding the situations or by enduring them with intense fear and anxiety

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True

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Most patients with panic disorder and agoraphobic avoidance also display another cluster of avoidant behaviors that we call

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interoceptive avoidance, or avoidance of internal physical sensations

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Agoraphobia typically lasts for 6 months or more

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True

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what if you can’t stop worrying, even if you know it is doing you no good and probably making everyone else around you miserable?

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Generalized Anxiety Disorders

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person should have at least 6 months of excessive anxiety and worry that must be ongoing more days than not.

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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difficult to turn off/control the worry process

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Pathological Worry

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for the GAD at least how many symptoms should be present on the adult? And Children?

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Three symptoms for adults, and only one for Children.

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one disorder that was identified more closely with children

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Separation Anxiety Disorder

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characterized by children’s unrealistic and persistent worry that something will happen to their parents or other important people in their life or that something will happen to the children themselves that will separate them from their parents

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Separation Anxiety Disorder

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Fears of separation disorder can result in

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refusing to sleep alone and may be characterized by nightmares

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rare childhood disorder characterized by a lack of speech in one or more settings in which speaking is socially expected

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Selective Mutism

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Selective Mutism is related in what disorder that found in the high rates of comorbidity of SM and anxiety disorder

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Separation Anxiety Disorder