Anxiety Disorders Flashcards
Psychological con tributionto anxiety
conditioning of fear,childhood, and personality traits
Social contribution to anxiety
Stressful life events and genetic contributions
Term used for 2 or more disorders at the same time
comorbidity
what is the focus of Generalized Anxiety Disorder
General things in a Anxiety cycle
Stress alarm detector
amygdala
Treatment for GAD
Benzodia zepines, antidepressants, CBT
Disorder that makes an individual fear having reoccurring panic attacks
Panic Disorder ( PD)
Disorder that makes a person fear and avoid situa tions that are perceived to be unsafe and unescapable
Agoraphobia
psychological intervention for PD
panic control treatment (mini panic)
Specific Phobia
out of proportion fears of a specific thing or situations
usually in children, but 35% can extend into adulthood , worry that something may happen to their significant person or figure
separation anxiety disorder (sepanx)
a fear or worry of judgment in social situations
social anxiety disorder (SAD)
Rare childhood disorder characterized by lack of speech in settings Where public speech is expected
selective mutism
A negative mood state characterized by bodily symptoms of physical tension and by apprehension about the future
Anxiety
True or False
Anxiety is not a future -oriented mood state
False
An immediate emotional reaction to
current danger
Fear
Abrupt experience of intense
fear or acute discomfort, accompanied by Physical symptoms
Panic Attack
Types of panic attacks
expected (cued) and unexpected ( uncued )
What type of panic attack is usually connected phobias or social anxiety
Expected panic attacks
What type of panic attack
usually connected to panic disorder
unexpected panic attacks
What type of panic attack usually connected to panic disorder
Unexpected Panic Attack
What neurotransmitters cause anxiety?
depleted levels of GABA
GABA
Gamma-aminobutyric acid
CRF
corticotropin- releasing factors
CRF activates HPA or the
Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis
Acts as a mediator between the brain stem and the cortex
Limbic system
BIS
Behavioral inhibition system
FFS
fight or flight system
People with anxiety disorders have an overly responsive(What?)to stimultion or new information
limbic system and amygdala
patients with panic have the general tendency to respond fearfully to anxiety
symptoms called the
anxiety sensitivity
what constitutes the triple vulnerability theory
generalized biological vulnerability, generalized psychological vulnerability , a specific psychological vulnerabilityt
Who is most likely to avoid with other people
Somone with panic disorder
Someone with an illness phobia
Someone with a situational phobia
Someone with blood -injury phobia
Which of the following characteristics is NOT associated with the problem of hoarding?
Excessive acquisition of things
Living with excessive clutter
Difficulty discarding anything
Loss of personal hygiene
Although SSRIs are currently the indicated drug for panic disorder, there are disadvantages to all drugs. What is the major disadvantage of SSRIs?
Confusion
Sexual dysfunction
Cognitive dysfunction
Memory loss
In which behavior treatment are patients with OCD NOT permitted to carry out their compulsions 2hile in the presence of the anxiety-producing stimulus or situation?
Exposure and ritual prevention
Behavioral inhibition conditioning
Thought-stopping technique
Anxiety-reduction therapy
Which of the following is a symptom of generalized anxiety disorder?
Paranoia
Multiple specific phobias
Impulsivity
Muscle tension
Doctors suspect that Allen has conversion disorder. What symptoms do Allen most likely display?
Problems with his digestive system
Problems with his cognitive functioning
Problems with his sensory motor system
Problems regulating emotions under stress
What is the meaning of the word soma?
Fantasy
Body
Illness
Demonic
Which physiological measure consistently distinguishes individuals with generalized anxiety disorder from nonanxious normal subjects?
Decreased EEG beta activity
Increased muscle tension
Increased heart rate
Heightened autonomic arousal
Which term refers to the experience of a negative mood state characterized by physical tension and apprehension about the future?
Depressioin
Anxiety
Panic
Fear
What is the important factor in diagnosing somatic symptom disorder?
Psychological or behavioral are cimpunding the severity and impairment of the physical symptoms
The help-seeking behaviors they engage in
The medical cause of the pain
The level of suffering the individual is experiencing
For months, Greg has been plagued by worries as he drives to worm. He thinks he forgot to lock the door, close the windows, or turn off the stove. Often, he returns home and double-check the house before he can rid of himself of these worries. Which term best describes Greg’s worries?
Compulsive
Implusive
Obsessive
Magical
Which of the following psychological disorders is anxiety most closely related to?
Schizophrenia
Psychosis
Dementia
Depression
Which of the following psychological disorders is anxiety most closely related to?
Schizophrenia
Psychosis
Dementia
Depression
Why might someone develop a facticious disorder?
An unawareness of producing the symptoms
To receive increased attention
To try to avoid punishments for lying
To have a doctor believe the about the seriousness of the symptom
Before the DSM-5, trichotillomania and excoriation disorder were classified under which of the follwinb?
Impluse-control disorder
Somatic symptom disorder
Body dysmorphic disorder
Obsessive-commplusive disorder
John was diagnosed with diabetes over a year ago. He is in denial about the need to regularly check his insulin regularly when necessary. This consistent pattern of neglect, inappropriate monitoring, and intervention is consistent with which of the following?
Somatic sysmptom disorder
Conversion disorder
Illness anxiety disorder
Psychological factors affecting medical condition
Mark injured his back at work several years ago. Although he was treated and considered healed by his physicians, he still complains of severe and debilitating back pain. Other than some minor scar tissue, his disorder can not find anything that could ve causing more than some minor stiffness. What is Mark’s most likely diagnosis?
Somatic symptom disorder
Fictitious disorder
Conversion disorder
Illness anxiety disorder
What is the main difference between situational phobia and panic disorder with agarophobia?
People with situational phobia never experience panic attacks outside the context of the phobic situation, and people with panic disorder with agarophobia can experience panic even when not in a public place
People with panic disorder with agarophobia experience panic attacj only in specific situations situations, and people with situational phobia can experience phobia anywhere.
People with situational phobia experience panic attacks when confronted with the phobic situation as well as at other times, and people with panic disorder with agoraphobia only experience whin in public places.
People withsituational phobia experience phobias at random times, and people with panic disorder with agarophobia experience panic attacks only at specific times.
Some people with OCD attempt to neutralize or surpress disturbing intrusive thorughs. How successful do these strategies tend to be?
Usually increase the frequency of the obsessive thoughts
Usually cause other kinds of obsessive thinking to occur
Usually effective in permanently reducing the obsessive thoughts
Usually have no effect on the obsessive thoughts
Which of the following is an example of how a phobia may develop?
Observing someone else experiences severe fear
Expreincing w panic attack in a variety of settings
Having terrifying experience and not talking about it very much
Inheriting a gene related to the phobia
Which statement best describes individuals with social anxiety?
Socially anxious individuals are rated as being equallt intelligent by peers during social situations
They will behave in a cold and unfriendly manner to others
They are more likely to make downward comparison
They are more likely to make upward comparison
