Anxiety Disorders and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Flashcards
Separation Anxiety Disorder criteria
- Fear of separation from attachment figures
- 3+ symptoms (distress related to separation, school avoidance, physical symptoms related to separation)
- Symptoms 4+ weeks (children) or 6+ months (adults)
- Distress or impairment
Separation Anxiety Disorder etiology
Often develops after stressful event (divorce, death, etc.)
Separation Anxiety Disorder treatment
- CBT combined with parent training
- Getting child back to school is primary focus if applicable
Specific Phobia criteria
- Fear of specific object or situation
- Avoidance or endurance with distress
- Symptoms 6+ months
- Distress or impairment
Specific Phobia types
- Animal
- Natural environment (lightning, heights)
- Blood-injection-injury
- Situational (elevators, bridges)
- Other (vomiting, choking)
Specific Phobia prevalence
Rates are 2x higher in girls than boys (depending on type)
Specific Phobia onset
Usually in childhood (mean age = 10 yo)
Mowrer’s two-factor theory and Specific Phobia
Combination of classical and operant conditioning:
1. Classical = onset, neutral stimuli becomes anxiety-provoking
2. Operant = maintenance, avoidance is reinforcing
Specific Phobia treatment
ERP
ERP
- Can be in vivo* or in imagination
- Can be therapist-led* or self-guided
- Flooding or graded/graduated
- Lower attrition with graded exposure
Virtual reality and ERP
- Some evidence that VR is similar to in vivo
- Especially useful for heights and flying
Treatment for blood-injection-injury phobia
Best when ERP is paired with tensing/relaxing muscles to prevent fainting
Social Anxiety Disorder criteria
- Fear of 1+ social situations involving exposure to scrutiny (mostly due to symptoms)
- Avoidance or endurance with distress
- Out of proportion
- Symptoms 6+ months
- Distress or impairment
Social Anxiety Disorder treatment
Children:
1. CBT*
2. School-based CBT
Adults:
1. CBT and antidepressants* (SSRIs and SNRIs)
2. Evidence that guided internet-based CBT is similar to in-person CBT
Panic Disorder criteria
- Unexpected panic attacks
- 1+ month of concern about additional attacks or effects of attack
- Not due to medical condition
Panic attack criteria
- Intense fear or discomfort
- Reaches peak within minutes
- 4+ symptoms (heart palpitations, sweating, nausea, dizziness, fear of death, paresthesia)