Anxiety Disorders Flashcards
What are the different anxiety disorders?
Seperation Anxiety
Selective Mutism
Specific Phobia
Panic Disorder
Social Anxiety
Generalized Anxiety
Agoraphobia
OCD
What are the key concepts to seperation anxiety disorder?
-Developing excessive or inappropriate fear or anxiety concerning seperation from primary caregiver - needs 3 symptoms
-The fear is persistant over 4 weeks time (children) or over 6 months (adults)
-Clinical distress
What are symptoms of excessive fear/anxiety in seperation anxiety disorder?
-Recurrent excessive distress when seperated
-Constant worrying about major attachment figures
-Excessive worries of events that might happen
-Reluctance or refusal to leave home
-Reluctance or fear of being alone
-Nightmares concerning seperation
-Physical symptomes
What are the key concepts to selective mutism?
-Consistent failure to speak in specific social situations where there are expectations to speak
-Disturbs educational or occupational achievements or social communication
-Duration at least 1 month
(Children, often)
-What are key concepts to specific phobia?
-Marked fear about a situation or object, provokes it
-The fear is out of proportion
-Actively avoided
-Clinical distress
What are the key concepts to social anxiety disorder?
-Marked fear or anxiety about one or more social situations, possible social scrutiny. For example: social interactions, being observed, performing.
-Fear of showing how anxious they are and be judged by it
-The social situations almost always provokes fear or anxiety
-The situations are either avoided or endured with intense fear or anxiety
-The fear is out of proportion to the actual threat
Lasting for over 6 months
What are the key concepts to panic disorder?
-Recurrent unexpected panic attacks, at least 4 symptoms or more and abrupt surge
-1 month or more of; persistent concerns about additional attacks, maladaptive change in behaviour
What are the symptoms of panic attacks?
-Palpation, accelerated heart rate or pounding heart
-Sweating
-Trembling
-Sensation of shortness of breath
-Choking
-Chest pain or discomfort
Nausea
-Feeling dizzy, or similar
-Paresthesias
-Derealization or depersonalization
-Fear of losing control
-Fear of dying
What are panic attacks often coded as?
Specifiers to anxiety disorders
What are the key concepts for agoraphobia?
-Marked by fear or anxiety about two or more situations
-Fears or avoids these situations
-These situations provokes fear or anxiety and is out of proportion to the actual threat
-Clinical distress, lasting over 6 months
What are situations people with agoraphobia will avoid?
-Using public transportation
-Being in open spaces
-Being in enclosed spaces
-Standing in line or being in a crowd
-Being outside of the home alone
What are the key concepts for generalized anxiety disorder?
-Excessive worry and anxiety, occuring more days than not for at least 6 months
-Difficulty controling the worry
-The anxiety or worry are associated with 3 or more symptoms
-Clinical distress or impairments
What are the symptoms associated with GAD?
-Restlessness or feeling keyed up or on edge
-Easily fatigued
-Difficulty concentrating or mind going blank
-Irritability
-Muscle tension
-Sleep disturbance
What are the key concepts to OCD?
-Presence of obsessions, compulsions or both
-Obsessions and compulsions are time-consuming or impairment in areas concerning functional living
What defines obsessions?
-Recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges or images that are often seen as intrusive
-Attempts to ignore or supress such thoughts with other thoughts or actions
