Anxiety Disorders

Question 1

lifetime prevalence anxiety disorders

Answer 1

28%

Question 2

anxiety and fear are emotional response systems designed to

Answer 2

detect threat/danger
motivate protection or defense
facilitate protection or defense

Question 3

3 components of anxiety/fear

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physiological
verbal-cognitive
behavioral

Question 4

fear

Answer 4

an organsm’s defensive response that motivates protection from an imminent threat; immediate and short lived

Question 5

anxiety

Answer 5

an organism’s prepatory response that motivates avoidance of impending threat
-diffuse and long-lasting

Question 6

both fear and anxiety lead to

Answer 6

physiological arousal
behavioral avoidance and/or escape
cognitive constriction onto threatening situation (attention narrowing, focused thoughts)

Question 7

anxiety and fear differ by three ways

Answer 7

length of response
length of emotional response
what elicits them

Question 8

simple task

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performance increases with increasing arousal

Question 9

difficult task

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preformance is highest at medium arousal

Question 10

Biological contributions to anxiety (4)

Answer 10

genetic transmission

anxiety and brain circuits (depeleted levels of GABA)

limbic (amygdala) and septal-hippocampal systems

CRG

Question 11

3 types of panic attacks

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situationally bound
cued
uncued

Question 12

panic attack does NOT

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mean panic disorder

Question 13

uncued panic attack

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at least 1 month of concerns about havng more panic attacks or worry about consequences of having panic attacks or behavioral changes because of panic attacks

Question 14

anxiety sensitivty

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fear of interceptive symptoms of fear and anxiety

–physiological, cognitive, or social

Question 15

12 month prevalence of panic attacks

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11%

Question 16

agoraphobia

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no global worry about panic attacks, only anxiety about “panic-like” symptoms in situations where escape is embarrasing

Question 17

panic disorder without agoraphobia

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anxiety about possibility of having more panic attacks

Question 18

panic disorder with agoraphobia

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anxiety about having more panic attacks and worry about having panic attack in situation where escape is difficult and/or embarrassing

Question 19

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Answer 19

excessive worry and anxious apprehension for 6 months of more
1 year-3%
lifetime 9%

Question 20

worry is thought to be

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negatively reinforcing
worrying temporarily relieves the negative imagery associated with anxiety by transforming it into words–>decreases physiological activity BUT need more and more anxiety to do so

Question 21

specific phobias epi

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7-9%

Question 22

5 broad categories of specific phobias

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animal type
natural environment type
blood-injury-injection
situation type
other type

Question 23

most prevalent anxiety disorder

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social phobia (7%)

Question 24

peak of social anxiety

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about 15 years; onset is during adolescence