Anxiety Disorders - Chapter 3

Question 1

What is Anxiety

Answer 1

The threat of impending doom

Question 2

What is the Neural change with an individual suffering from Anxiety?

Answer 2

Alterations in Norepi (locus ceruleus), Serotonin (Raphe Nuclei), Gaba, Glutamate

Question 3

What is linked to the altered caudate and cingulate gyrus?

Answer 3

OCD

Question 4

What is the hallmark symptom you look for when a patient suffers from Anxiety?

Answer 4

Recurrent and unexpected Panic Attacks

Question 5

True or False, Panic attacks cannot be accounted for by another mental disorder?

Answer 5

True. Ie. Social phobia or OCD

Question 6

What type of class of drugs are used for Anxiety? Hint: There are 4

Answer 6

Tricyclic Antidepressants, MAOI’s, SSRI’s and Benzodiazapine

Question 7

What is the definition of a Specific phobia?

Answer 7

Intense fear of an object of situation

Question 8

What is the most common psychiatric disorder?

Answer 8

Phobia

Question 9

What are the 4 types of phobia?

Answer 9

Animal type, Natural Environment, Blood Injection injury type and Situational type

Question 10

What is the best way to treat Specific phobia?

Answer 10

Systematic Desensitization or Flooding

Question 11

True of False, Social Phobia can be generalized or limited to all situations?

Answer 11

False. It can be generalized or limited to SPECIFIC situations

Question 12

What is the most common type of Social Phobia situation?

Answer 12

Generalized

Question 13

What is the most effective Pharmocological product to treat Social Phobia?

Answer 13

SSRI’s

Question 14

What is the definition of Generalized Phobia?

Answer 14

Worry about every aspect of life

Question 15

True or False, Pt. who suffer from GAD can suffer panic attacks, phobias, obsessions or compulsions?

Answer 15

False. They do NOT suffer these issues

Question 16

What is the best pharmcological class to treat GAD?

Answer 16

Benzodiazepine

Question 17

What is the definition of PTSD?

Answer 17

Presistent re-experience of a trauma, efforts to avoid recollecting the trauma and hyperarousal

Question 18

What is the time frame for Acute PTSD?

Answer 18

Less than 3 months from the event

Question 19

Whats is time frame for Chronic PTSD?

Answer 19

More than 3 months from the event

Question 20

What is Delayed Onset PTSD?

Answer 20

PTSD does not appear within the 6 months of the stressor

Question 21

What part of the brain is altered in most PTSD pts.?

Answer 21

Hippocampal region. The volume changes.

Question 22

What is the best treatment for PTSD?

Answer 22

Symptom directed pharms and psychotherapy

Question 23

What is the best drug class for reducing PTSD?

Answer 23

SSRI’s

Question 24

What is the best drug class for preventing the development of PTSD?

Answer 24

Propranolo and Beta Blockers

Question 25

What is the major difference between ASD and PTSD?

Answer 25

PTSD is chronic, while ASD is acute

Question 26

What is the definition of OCD?

Answer 26

Over compulsion and recurrent obsessions that can cause distress

Question 27

What part of the brain is effected by OCD?

Answer 27

Multiple regions but Serotonin is the implicated mediator

Question 28

True or False. OCD pts. have compulsions are repetitive

Answer 28

True

Question 29

What is the definition of Obsessions?

Answer 29

Not wanted and come from pts. own thoughts

Question 30

What is the definition of Delusions?

Answer 30

Not resisted and come from pts. thoughts