Anxiety Disorders

Question 1

Separation Anxiety

Answer 1

Excessive fear or anxiety concerning separation from home or attachment figures:

• worry about well-being of attachment figure
• worry about untoward events like getting lost
• reluctant to go out by themselves
• clinging
• persistent need to be close
• won’t go to sleepovers
• headache, stomach aches, vomiting

Question 2

Selective Mutism

Answer 2

Does not initiate speech or respond when spoken to by others

Question 3

Specific Phobia

Answer 3

Fear or anxiety circumscribed to the presence of a particular situation or object. Not specific phobia if the fear is of negative evaluation or panic attacks occur more broadly

Question 4

Social Anxiety Disorder

Answer 4

Intense fear or anxiety of social situations in which the individual may be scrutinized by others
-fear of being negatively evaluated
-trembling hands
-social situations provoke anxiety
Not social anxiety if the anxiety is about the nature of ongoing relationships

Question 5

Panic Disorder

Answer 5

Recurrent or unexpected panic attacks

Question 6

Agoraphobia

Answer 6

Fear triggered by the real or anticipated exposure to a wide range of situations: public transportation, enclosed spaces, open spaces, standing in a crowd, or being outside of the house alone.

Question 7

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Answer 7

Excessive anxiety or worry about a number of events or activities

• difficult to control the worry
• feeling restless, fatigued, difficulty concentrating, irritability, muscle tension, sleep disturbance

Question 8

Anxiety Disorders

Answer 8

Separation Anxiety
Selective Mutism
Specific Phobia
Panic Disorder
Social Anxiety Disorder
Agoraphobia
GAD
Substance/Medication Induced