Anxiety Disorders Flashcards
fear is a response to what
external threat
anxiety is a response to what
vague, internal, non-present threat
endogenous anxiety
occurs spontaneously without identifiable precipitant
exogenous anxiety
associated with environmental stress of threat
PTSD is what type of disorder
trauma and stressor-related disorder
what is an essential feature of panic disorder
panic attacks
how do panic disorders present in ER
heart attack
panic disorder is commonly associated with what
agoraphobia: extreme or irrational fear of crowded spaces or enclosed public places
9/10 patients have at least one comorbid disorder, what is the most frequent with panic disorder
depression
what age does panic disorders occur
between late teens and early 30s
after 40 unusual
what is a difference between panic disorder and social phobia
Panic with agoraphobia-fear of having another attack or that they are going to die
Social Phobia where fear is usually of being judged or embarrassed
obsessive-compulsive disorder
compulsions are actions a person feels compelled to take
obsessions are recurrent and intrusive ideas
compulsions
repetitive stereotyped actions associated in an unrealistic way with an obsessional idea
onset for obsessive-compulsive disorder
b/w late teens or early twenties
what is obsessive-compulsive treated with
antidepressants and behavioral therapies
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder vs. Obsessive Compulsive Personality
Disorder-in OCD, patient is distressed and embarrassed OCPD, patient feels the world would be better if everyone would just follow the same rules.
Define Generalized Anxiety disorder
excessive and continuous anxiety about multiple phenomena, more days than not for more than 6 months
Post traumatic Stress disroder
associated with traumatic events outside range of normal experience
major symptoms of PTSD
nightmares/flashback
avoidance of related stimuli
Blunted response to present envirnment
difference between PTSD and acute stress disorder
Acute Stress Disorder-same symptoms, usually start right away but remit within 4 weeks
symptoms can start anytime after the event, last more than one month and cause significant disturbance in daily functioning
when does someone get diagnosed with acute stress disorder
immediately after traumatic event if patient is experiencing symptoms from 3days to 1 month
- beyond this its’ PTSD
primary feature of phobia
persistant and irrational fear and avoidance of benign stimuli
social phobia
specifically involves fear of being humiliated or embarrassed in public situations
simple phobia
something specific trigger it like heights, blood injection
