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Anxiety Disorders Flashcards

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What is fear?

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A cognitive response to a specific source or object that the person can identify or describe. Involves the intellectual or cognitive appraisal of threatening stimuli

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True or false: Fear provokes anxiety

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True

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What is fear caused by?

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Anxiety caused by consciously recognized and realistic danger.

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What is anxiety?

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Integral part of the universal human experience.

A vague, subjective feeling of uneasiness, tension, apprehension or dread.

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What causes anxiety?

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Anxiety results from an external threat to one’s integrity

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What is the function of anxiety?

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The function of anxiety is to warn individual of impending threat, conflict or danger.

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What are typical physiological changes during mild anxiety?

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Vitals normal

Mild muscle tension

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What are typical physiological changes during moderate anxiety?

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Vitals slightly elevated

tension, excitement

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What physiological changes occur during severe anxiety?

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Fight or flight

ANS stimulated

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What physiological changes occur during panic level of anxiety?

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BP drops, pale, ANS increased

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What cognitive/perception changes occur during mild anxiety?

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PF broad, aware
Thoughts controlled
Able to learn
Able to problem-solve

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What cognitive/perception changes occur during moderate anxiety?

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PF narrows, alert
Can be confused
Able to learn
Able to problem-solve

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What cognitive/perception changes occur during severe anxiety?

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PF narrows more
Selective attention
Time distortion
Problem-solving difficult

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What cognitive/perception changes occur during panic level anxiety?

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PF scattered/close

No problem solving

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What emotional/behavioural changes occur during mild anxiety?

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Feels comfort/safety

Habitual behaviours

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What emotional/behavioural changes occur during moderate anxiety?

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Feels ready/challenged
Engaged in competition
Learning new skills

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What emotional/behavioural changes occur during severe anxiety?

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Feels threatened, startled
Activity increases or decreases
Shaky, stuttering
Disorganized

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What emotional/behavioural changes occur during panic level anxiety?

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Feels helpless/angry/fear

Combative or withdrawn

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What are the four types of anxiety?

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Signal
Trait
State
Free-floating

20
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What is signal anxiety?

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Precipitation identified. There is some kind of environmental cue.

21
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What is trait anxiety?

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Function of personality structure.

This is just part of our personality.

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What is state anxiety?

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Conflicting or stressful situations

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What is free-floating anxiety?

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Unattached to any idea or event. There is no cue, it just comes on. The person might not know why.

24
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What are the most common psychiatric disorders treated by health care professionals?

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Anxiety disorders.

25
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How many canadians are affected by anxiety disorders?

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~19 million Canadians are affected

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Are anxiety disorders more common in men or women?

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Women

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What is the typical age of onset for anxiety disorders?

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Late adolescence to mid 30’s

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What is generalized anxiety disorder?

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Excessive anxiety and worry occurring more days than not.

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What are the diagnostic criteria for generalized anxiety disorder?

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At least 6 months of symtpom duration
Presence of 3 of the following:
Restlessness, edginess, fatigue, poor concentration, irritability, muscle tension, sleep disturbance

Anxiety and worry that interfere with normal social and occupational functioning

30
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What is agoraphobia?

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Anxiety about being where excape is difficult
Situations are avoided or endured with anxiety
Not due to the effects of a medical condition, substance or other mental disorder.

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What are the diagnostic criteria for panic disorder?

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● Individuals with panic disorder meet these 2 criteria:

Presence of recurrent or unexpected panic attacks

At least one of the attacks has been followed by:

1) persistent concern about having additional attacks_
2) worry about the implications of the attack 
3) a significant change in behaviours as a result
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What is a panic attack?

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Discrete period of intense fear, discomfort, dread or doom. Develops abruptly, peaks in 10 minutes

33
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What is a specific phobia?

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Marked, persistent, excessive fear

Cued by presence/anticipation of specific object or situation

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What is agorophobia?

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Anxiety about being where escape is difficult
Situations are avoided or endured with anxiety
Not due to the effects of a medical condition, substance or other mental disorder

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Do people with a simple phobia recognize that their fear is excessive or unreasonable?

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Yes.

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What is social phobia?

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Marked, persistent fear of one or more social or performance situations, exposing individual to scrutiny while behaving in embarassing way

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What is the treatment for social phobia?

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Treated with psychotherapy or SSRIs

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What is PTSD? (Post-traumatic stress disorder)

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Reaction to traumatic events

Symptoms are present for more than one month and will impair functioning

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What is acute stress disorder?

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Different from PTSD:

● Experience three symptoms of dissociation: numbing, detachment, dazed, derealization, depersonalization, dissociative amnesia

● The symptoms of dissociation prevent the individual from adaptively coping with the trauma

● Shorter time frame of development and duration of symptoms (2-30 days)

● Not able to pursue a necessary task

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What is OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder)?

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Obsession cannot be suppressed/ignored and therefore interferes with normal functioning

41
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What are obsessions?

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Obsessions: recurrent or persistent unwanted thoughts, impulses or images that cause anxiety

42
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What are compulsions?

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Compulsions: repetitive behaviours that the person feels driven to perform in response to the obsession

43
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What is the treatment for OCD?

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Treated with behavioural therapy or medications (SSRIs TCAs)

44
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What are four types of medications used to treat anxiety?

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● Benzodiazepines
Lorazepam, Clonazepam, Diazepam

● SSRIs/SNRIs
Fluoxetine, Paroxetine, Sertraline, Venlafaxine

● TCAs
Clomipramine

● Other
Beta-blockers, Buspirone, Tegretol

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