anxiety disorders

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anxiety disorders

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Separation anxiety disorder
Selective mutism
Specific phobia
Social anxiety disorder
Panic disorder
Agoraphobia
Generalized anxiety disorder

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Diffuse; unpleasant, vague sense of apprehension, often accompanied by autonomic symptoms and restlessness

Alerting signal that warns of impending danger and enables us to take measures to deal with threat

Adaptive

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Normal anxiety

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2 components of normal anxiety

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Awareness of physiological sensation

Awareness of being nervous or frightened

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17.7%

F (30.5% lifetime prevalence) > M (19.2%)

Prevalence decreases with higher socioeconomic status

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Pathological Anxiety

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Signal of danger in the unconscious

Result of psychic conflict between unconscious sexual or aggressive wishes and corresponding threats from the superego or reality

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Psychoanalytic Theory

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fear that self will fragment because others are not responding with needed affirmation and validation

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Disintegration anxiety

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self is being invaded and annihilated by an outside malevolent force

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Persecutory anxiety

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oedipal phase in boys in which a parental figure (father) amy damage the boy’s genitals or cause bodily harm

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Castration anxiety

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guilt feelings about not living up to internalized standards derived from parents

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Superego anxiety

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Developmental issues

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Disintegration anxiety
Persecutory anxiety
Castration anxiety
Superego anxiety

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Or learning theory of anxiety

Conditioned responses to a specific environmental stimulus developing mistrust

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Behavioral Theories

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No specifically identifiable stimulus

Person experiences feelings of living in a purposeless universe

Anxiety is their response to perceived void in existence and meaning

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Existential Theories

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Recurrent unexpected panic attacks.

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Panic disorders

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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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prevalence of panic disorder

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2-3% prevalence in adults and adolescents in the US

Asian: 0-1-0.8%

F>M (2:1)

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course prognosis of panic disorder

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Improves when panic disorder is addressed

Complicated by depression and alcohol dependence

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Marked fear or anxiety triggered by real or anticipated exposure to:

Using public transportation
Being in open spaces
Being in enclosed spaces
Standing in line or being in a crowd
Being outside of home alone

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Agoraphobia

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Excessive anxiety and worry (apprehensive expectation), occurring more days than not for at least 6 months, about a number of events or activities (such as work or school performance).

The individual finds it difficult to control the worry.

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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symptom onset of GAD

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at least 6 mos