Anxiety Disorders

Question 1

What is the most prevalent psychiatric illness in the general community

Answer 1

anxiety disorders
- primary
- secondary to a medical etiology or med side effect

Question 2

Describe exposure therapy in PTSD

Answer 2

• directly facing fear
• imagining fear
• virtual exposure
• deliberately causing physical symptom

Question 3

Describe cognitive processing therapy (CPT) in PTSD

Answer 3

• works on thoughts/emotions caused by traumatic event
• identifies unhelpful thoughts & modify thinking

Question 4

Describe eye movement desensitization & reprocessing (EMDR) in PTSD

Answer 4

focuses directly on changing the way the memory is stored in the brain

Question 5

Describe the etiology of GAD

Answer 5

Question 6

Describe the presentation of GAD

Answer 6

Question 7

Describe the screening & diagnosis of GAD

Answer 7

Question 8

Describe the treatment of GAD

Answer 8

Question 9

Describe the scores for anxiety on the GAD-7

Answer 9

Question 10

Describe the etiology of panic disorder

Answer 10

Question 11

Describe the presentation of panic disorder

Answer 11

Question 12

Describe the diagnosis of panic disorder

Answer 12

Question 13

Describe the treatment for social anxiety disorder & phobias

Answer 13

Question 14

Describe the etiology of phobias

Answer 14

Question 15

Describe the presentation of phobias

Answer 15

Question 16

Describe the diagnosis of phobias

Answer 16

Question 17

Describe the etiology of social anxiety disorder

Answer 17

Question 18

Describe the etiology of obsessive compulsive disorder

Answer 18

Question 19

Describe the presentation of OCD

Answer 19

Question 20

Describe the diagnosis of OCD

Answer 20

Question 21

Describe the treatment for OCD

Answer 21

Question 22

Describe the etiology of PTSD

Answer 22

Question 23

Describe the etiology of acute stress disorder

Answer 23

Question 24

Describe the presentation of PTSD & acute stress disorder

Answer 24

Question 25

Describe the diagnosis of PTSD

Answer 25

Question 26

Describe the treatment for PTSD

Answer 26