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Anxiety is a normal reaction, normal emotion that people experience. True or false?

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True

- but it is important to identify when it becomes pathological

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What are the 3 groups of symptoms we assess in anxiety (normal) ?

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Biological (physical) symptoms
Cognitive symptoms
Behavioural symptoms

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Normal anxiety - physical symptoms

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Sweating 
Cold chills 
Trembling / shaking 
Muscle tension / aches 
Numbness / tingling 
Feeling dizzy / unsteady / faint 
Dry mouth 
Difficulty swallowing 
Sensation of a lump in throat
Difficulty breathing 
Palpitations
Chest pain 
Nausea
Abdominal distress
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Normal anxiety - cognitive symptoms

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Fear of losing control 
Feeling on edge / tense
Difficulty concentrating 
Feeling that objects are un-real (derealisation)
Feeling that you are distant or "not really here" (depersonalisation) 
Hyper-vigilance 
Racing thoughts 
Meta worry
Health anxiety
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Normal anxiety - behavioural symptoms

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Avoidance of certain situations
Exaggerated response to minor surprises 
Difficulty in getting to sleep
Excessive use of alcohol/drugs
Restlessnesss
Irritability
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Acute stress leads to increase in ____ and ____

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Cortisol and cateholamines

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What is the function of cortisol in the stress response?

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Acts as to mediate and shut down the stress response

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In acute stress, cortisol levels are INCREASED/DECREASED?

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Increased

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When does normal anxiety become an anxiety disorder?

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When anxiety becomes pathological and impairs day to day function.

Anxiety is more extreme than normal.

Anxiety is present in situations that are not normally anxiety provoking

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Amygdala centred circuit is involved with FEAR/WORRY?

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Fear

- panic, phobias

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Name 4 anxiety disorders

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Generalised anxiety disorder
Panic disorder
Phobias
OCD

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Patient with anxiety that is not restricted to any particular environmental circumstance and is present most of the time. What is the likely diagnosis?

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Generalised anxiety disorder

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Generalised anxiety disorder - definition

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Generalised and persistent anxiety
Not restricted or fixed on one particular thing
Present all/most of the time

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Generalised anxiety disorder - cause

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Unknown

Not due to substance misuse or any other medical condition

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Generalised anxiety disorder - typical age of onset?

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between 20-40

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Generalised anxiety disorder is more common in which sex?

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Females

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Generalised anxiety disorder - clinical features

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Earlier discussed +
Persistent nervousness 
Fears (e.g. that family member will have a RTA) 
Sleep disturbance 
- restless unsatisfied sleep
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In GAD, the patient often acknowledges that they don’t need to be anxious about all of these things but they can’t help it. True or false?

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True

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Generalised anxiety disorder - diagnosis

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Must be severe enough to be:

  • long lasting (most days for at least 6 months)
  • non controllable
  • causing significant distress
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Generalised anxiety disorder - management

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  1. High intensity CBT OR Drug treatment (SSRI)
  2. SNRI
  3. Pregablin
  4. Combo of CBT + drug
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Generalised anxiety disorder - for how many months do you continue treatment for?

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Panic disorder - definition

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Recurrent attacks of severe anxiety
There is a reason/trigger for anxiety
Intermittent
Unpredictable

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Panic disorder is intermittent. True or false?

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Panic disorder - age of onset

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Adolesence - mid 30s

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Panic disorder can be triggered in some people by causing a build up of which substance?
Lactate
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Panic disorder - which imaging investigation may be useful?
PET scan
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Panic disorder - management
1. CBT 2. Anti-depressant (SSRI) 3. TCA
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Panic disorder - how long do you continue treatment for?
6 months
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Phobia - definition
Irrational fear of something that is relatively quite normal Fear in a particular situation that is excessive or unreasonable
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What are the 3 types of phobia?
Agoraphobia Social phobia Specific phobia
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Fear of leaving home, entering shops, crowds and other public places is called?
Agoraphobia
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Agoraphobia - who gets it?
Adolescence -> 30s
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Agoraphobia is more often a PRIMARY/SECONDARY disorder?
Secondary
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Agoraphobia - clinical features
Avoidance of the phobic situation
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Specific phobia - definition
Cued by the presence or anticipation of a specific object or situation - e.g. fear of flying
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Specific phobia - who gets it?
Early onset | - early adolescence -> 20s
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Specific phobia - clinical features
Exposure to the phobic stimulus provokes an immediate anxiety response. Normal functioning is impaired by the avoidance, anxious anticipation or distress in the feared situations
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Social phobia - definition
Persistent fear of social scrutiny | Fear of embarrassing themselves in public
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Social phobia usually occurs in large social settings. True or false?
False | - small social settings
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Social phobia - clinical features
Exposure to feared situation provokes anxiety, which may take the form of a situationally bound panic attack Poor school/employment history
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OCD - definition
Recurrent obsessional thoughts and/or compulsive acts
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OCD - more likely to occur earlier in males/females?
Males
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OCD - obsessional thoughts
Ideas, images or impulses entering the mind Recognised as the patients own thoughts But they are unpleasant eg a woman that is distressed about harming her children
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OCD - compulsive acts
Repeated rituals | Recognised as pointless
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OCD - common obsessions
``` Contamination Sexual thoughts (being a paedophile) Fear of harm (door locks are not safe) ```
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OCD - common compulsions
Cleaning, washing Repeating acts Order Hoarding
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OCD - obsessions must always be the individuals own thoughts. true or false?
True
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OCD - Obsessional symptoms / compulsive acts must be present most days for at least _____ before a diagnosis can be made
2 weeks
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OCD - management
1. CBT 2. SSRI 3. SSRI + CBT 4. TCA
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Which drugs are used to treat anxiety
``` Benzodiazepines Anti-depressants Buspirone Pregablin Beta blocker ```
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Which beta blocker is used to treat anxiety?
Propranolol

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