Anxiety Disorders

Question 1

fear is a response to what

Answer 1

external threat

Question 2

anxiety is a response to what

Answer 2

vague, internal, non-present threat

Question 3

endogenous anxiety

Answer 3

occurs spontaneously without identifiable precipitant

Question 4

exogenous anxiety

Answer 4

associated with environmental stress of threat

Question 5

PTSD is what type of disorder

Answer 5

trauma and stressor-related disorder

Question 6

what is an essential feature of panic disorder

Answer 6

panic attacks

Question 7

how do panic disorders present in ER

Answer 7

heart attack

Question 8

panic disorder is commonly associated with what

Answer 8

agoraphobia: extreme or irrational fear of crowded spaces or enclosed public places

Question 9

9/10 patients have at least one comorbid disorder, what is the most frequent with panic disorder

Answer 9

depression

Question 10

what age does panic disorders occur

Answer 10

between late teens and early 30s

after 40 unusual

Question 11

what is a difference between panic disorder and social phobia

Answer 11

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

Question 12

obsessive-compulsive disorder

Answer 12

compulsions are actions a person feels compelled to take

obsessions are recurrent and intrusive ideas

Question 13

compulsions

Answer 13

repetitive stereotyped actions associated in an unrealistic way with an obsessional idea

Question 14

onset for obsessive-compulsive disorder

Answer 14

b/w late teens or early twenties

Question 15

what is obsessive-compulsive treated with

Answer 15

antidepressants and behavioral therapies

Question 16

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder vs. Obsessive Compulsive Personality

Answer 16

Disorder-in OCD, patient is distressed and embarrassed OCPD, patient feels the world would be better if everyone would just follow the same rules.

Question 17

Define Generalized Anxiety disorder

Answer 17

excessive and continuous anxiety about multiple phenomena, more days than not for more than 6 months

Question 18

Post traumatic Stress disroder

Answer 18

associated with traumatic events outside range of normal experience

Question 19

major symptoms of PTSD

Answer 19

nightmares/flashback
avoidance of related stimuli
Blunted response to present envirnment

Question 20

difference between PTSD and acute stress disorder

Answer 20

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

Question 21

when does someone get diagnosed with acute stress disorder

Answer 21

immediately after traumatic event if patient is experiencing symptoms from 3days to 1 month
- beyond this its’ PTSD

Question 22

primary feature of phobia

Answer 22

persistant and irrational fear and avoidance of benign stimuli

Question 23

social phobia

Answer 23

specifically involves fear of being humiliated or embarrassed in public situations

Question 24

simple phobia

Answer 24

something specific trigger it like heights, blood injection