Anxiety Disorders Flashcards
What is fear
An alerting signal
warns of danger or threat
response to known, external, definite, or non-conflictual threat
What is anxiety
A response to a threat that is unknown, internal, vague, conflictual anticipation of a threat
Symptoms of anxiety
Sweaty increased heart rate and blood pressure hard to think and concentrate shortness of breath Fight or flight
Kinds of anxiety disorders
Separation anxiety disorder selective mutism specific phobia social anxiety disorder panic disorder agoraphobia generalized Anxiety disorder substance/medication induced anxiety disorder
What is the psychoanalytical theory for anxiety disorders
Anxiety is related to multiple conflicts at various developmental levels
What is the behavioral theory for anxiety disorders
Anxiety is a conditioned response to specific environmental stimuli
What is the existential theory for anxiety disorders
People become aware of avast nothingness in their lives.
anxiety is the response to the void in existence and meeting
What are Cultural contributions to anxiety disorders
Cultural believes
cultural demands
discrimination of immigrant groups or separation from family during war
rapidly changing value system
Associated features of anxiety disorders
Demoralization (shame /embarrassment) often miss work/school Fear they have life-threatening illness Comorbid diagnosis of depression usually chronic but has a waxing and waning course
What is a panic attack
An abrupt search of intense fear or intense discomfort that reaches a peak with in minutes
Panic disorder commonly develops when
In young adult hood around 25 years
Treatment of anxiety disorders
Combination of cognitive behavioral therapy and medication medication: benzodiazepines, SSRIs
psychotherapy
systematic desensitization
exposure therapy
What is systematic desensitization
Find identifies least to most anxiety provoking stimuli client Masters one situation before moving onto the next
What is exposure therapy
Involves real life interactions with feared stimuli
hope is to weaken fear and avoidance responses by combining cognitive and behavioral techniques
What is the most common of all psychiatric disorders
Anxiety disorders
