Anxiety Disorders and OCD

Question 1

Separation Anxiety Disorder involves developmentally inappropriate and ________ about ________ as indicated by at least ____ of ____ symptoms:

Answer 1

• excessive fear or anxiety
• being separated from attachment figures
• three of eight

1) excessive distress when anticipating or experiencing separation from attachment figures;

2) persistent reluctance to go to school, work, or other place away from home because of fear of separation from attachment figures;

3) repeated complaints of physical symptoms when separation from a major attachment figure occurs or is anticipated.

Question 2

For the diagnosis of Separation Anxiety Disorder, symptoms must last for at least ________ in children and adolescents or ________ in adults and cause _________.

Answer 2

• four weeks
• six months
• significant distress or impaired functioning

Question 3

Specific phobia involves intense fear of or anxiety about a specific object or situation accompanied by ________ or ________. For the diagnosis:

Answer 3

• avoiding the object or situation
• enduring it with intense distress

1) fear or anxiety must be out of proportion to the actual danger posed by the object or situation,
2) must be persistent (ordinarily lasting for at least six months), and
3) must cause significant distress or impaired functioning.

Question 4

Social anxiety disorder is characterized by a fear or anxiety reaction to ________ in which the person may be ________. For the diagnosis;

Answer 4

at least one social situation
exposed to scrutiny by others

1) the person must fear that he/she will exhibit symptoms in the situation that will be negatively evaluated and
2) either avoids the situation or endures it with intense fear or anxiety.
3) the person’s fear or anxiety must be excessive for the actual threat posed by the situation, and
4) his/her fear, anxiety, or avoidance must be persistent (last for at least six months) and
5) cause significant distress or impaired functioning.

Question 5

Panic Disorder involves ________ unexpected panic attacks with ________ attack being followed by ________ of persistent concern about additional attacks or their consequences and/or ________.

Answer 5

• recurrent
• at least one
• one month or more
• a significant undesirable change in behavior related to the attack

Question 6

The DSM-5 defines a panic attack as “an abrupt surge of intense fear or intense discomfort that reaches a peak within minutes” (p. 208) and that involves ____ of ____ symptoms:

Answer 6

at least 4 of 13

1) heart palpitations
2) sweating
3) nausea or abdominal distress 
4) dizziness
5) fear of losing control or “going crazy" 
6) fear of dying 
7) paresthesia
8) derealization or depersonalization