Anxiety Disorders

Question 1

what are the 5 types of anxiety disorders in the DSM V

Answer 1

specific phobia
social anxiety disorder
panic disorder
agoraphoria
generalized anxiety disorder

Question 2

____% of people report having experienced symptoms at some point during their life that met the DSM-IV criteria for diagnosis of an anxiety disorder

Answer 2

28

Question 3

social anxiety disorder

Answer 3

unrealistically intense fear of social situations that might inbolbe being scrutinixed by, or even just exposed to, unfamiliar people

Question 4

chorophobia

Answer 4

fear of dancing

Question 5

alliumphobia

Answer 5

fear of garlic

Question 6

hellenophobia

Answer 6

fear of pseudoscientific terms

Question 7

arachbutyrophobia

Answer 7

fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of mouth

Question 8

___ of people with social anxiety disorder are also diagnosed with avoidant personality disorder

Answer 8

33%

Question 9

when is the typical onset of social anxiety disorder

Answer 9

adolescence

Question 10

without treatement social anxiety disorder tends to be _____

Answer 10

chronic

Question 11

uncued attack

Answer 11

happens unexpectedly

Question 12

cued attack

Answer 12

panic attack triggered by specific situation - likely due to a phobia

Question 13

at least half of the people with agnorphobia do NOT experience what?

Answer 13

panic attacks

Question 14

what was agorphobia classified as in DSM-IV-TR

Answer 14

a subtype of panic disorder

Question 15

agora

Answer 15

marketplace

Question 16

____ of people with anxiety disorder meet criteria for another anxiety disorder

Answer 16

80%

Question 17

when is the typical onset of GAD

Answer 17

adolescence

Question 18

____ Percent of people in treatment for anxiety disorders meet the diagnostic criteria for major depression

Answer 18

60

Question 19

how is more likely to be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder - men or women?

Answer 19

women

Question 20

taijin kyofusho

Answer 20

fear of displeasing or embarassing others (japanese)

Question 21

kayak-angst

Answer 21

disroder similiar to panic disorder in Inuit peopl eo fGreenland

Question 22

koror

Answer 22

sudden fear that one’s genitals will recede into body

Question 23

shenkui

Answer 23

intense anxiety attributed to loss of semen

Question 24

susto

Answer 24

severe fright has caused soul to leave the body

Question 25

hertitibility for specific phbocias, social anxiety disorder, GAD, and PTSD

Answer 25

20-40%

Question 26

hertitibility for panic disorder

Answer 26

50%

Question 27

what brain structures are in the “fear circuit”

Answer 27

hippocampus, amygdala, medial prefrontal cortex

Question 28

medial prefrontal cortex

Answer 28

helps regulate amygdala by extinguishing fears and using emotional regulation strategies

Question 29

what neurotransmitters are associated with anxiety disorders

Answer 29

5HT and GABA

Question 30

behavioral inhibition

Answer 30

tendency to become agitated and cry when faced with novel toys, people, or other stimuli

Question 31

3 cognitive aspects of anxiety disorders

Answer 31

1- negative beliefs about the future
2- percieved lack of control
3- attention to signs of threat

Question 32

____% of people report a severe life event before th eonset of an anxiety disorder

Answer 32

70

Question 33

locus coeruleus

Answer 33

major source of NE in the brain

Question 34

in humans, durgs that increase activity in the locus ceruleus does what

Answer 34

triggers panic attacks

Question 35

interoceptive conditioning

Answer 35

person experiences somatic signs of anxiety, which are followed by the person’s first panic attack - panic attacks then become a conditioned response to the somatic changes

Question 36

anxiety sensitivity index

Answer 36

measures the extend to which people respond fearfully to their bodily sensations

Question 37

what is the principle cognitive model for the etiology of agoraphobia

Answer 37

fear-of-fear hypothesis

Question 38

panic control therapy (PCT)

Answer 38

based on tendency of people with panic disorder to overreact to the bodily sensations.

Question 39

how is PCT performed

Answer 39

therapist used exposure techniques

Question 40

D-cycloserine

Answer 40

drug that enhances learning. helps with exposure therapy