Anxiety Disorders Flashcards
Describe the six types of anxiety presented in this lecture.
Panic: Generalized: Conditioned: Social: Situational: Anticipatory:
What are the OCD/compulsive disorders?
OCD: Body dysmorphic: Trichotillomania: Hoarding: Excoriation:
The lifetime prevalence of panic disorder is ________.
1.5% - 3.5%
Panic disorders are more common in ________.
females
The age of onset for panic disorder is ___________.
younger than 35
Panic disorder is defined as both (1) having a panic attack and (2) ____________.
having a debilitating fear of future attacks
Anxiety most often occurs with depression and usually _________ it.
precedes
Those with anxiety are thought to have decreased activity of what neurotransmitter system in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus?
GABA
The cardiovascular aspects of anxiety arise from activity in which brain structure?
The locus ceruleus
Eliminating safety controls is an example of which branch of panic treatment?
Behavioral
True or false: most people with social phobia seek treatment.
False. Only about 1% do
Compulsions are ___________.
acts (whether mental or physical)
Which category of anxiety disorder was mentioned to have a long lag time between onset of symptoms and treatment?
OCD (usually ten years)
OCD and Tourette’s have high comorbidity and are thought to arise from disorders in the ___________.
basal ganglia
Activating the ___________ inhibits the direct basal ganglia pathway to the thalamus and thus __________ the thalamus.
striatum; disinhibits