Anxiety Disorders: Clinical Picture Flashcards
Epidemiology - Anxiety Disorders v Bipolar v Schizophrenia
- Schizophrenia and bipolar around …%, whereas anxiety disorders are more …
- Schizophrenia and bipolar around 1%, whereas anxiety disorders are more common
Clinical picture of Acute Stress Reaction
- Acute stress reaction lasts hours to … days
- A response to exceptionally … events (physical/psychological)
- Initial daze
- Mixed and usually … picture
- Individual v…
- Acute stress reaction lasts hours to 3 days
- A response to exceptionally stressful events (physical/psychological)
- Initial daze
- Mixed and usually changing picture
- Individual vulnerability
Acute stress reaction lasts … to … days
Acute stress reaction lasts hours to 3 days
Typical symptoms of Acute Stress
- Feelings of being … or …
- Insomnia
- R…
- Poor C…
- Autonomic arousal
- Anger/anxiety/depression
- W…
- Feelings of being numb or dazed
- Insomnia
- Restlessness
- Poor concentration
- Autonomic arousal
- Anger/anxiety/depression
- Withdrawal
Typical symptoms of Acute Stress
- Feelings of being numb or dazed
- I…
- R…
- Poor concentration
- … arousal
- a../a…/d…
- Withdrawal
- Feelings of being numb or dazed
- Insomnia
- Restlessness
- Poor concentration
- Autonomic arousal
- Anger/anxiety/depression
- Withdrawal
List the 7 typical symptoms of acute stress
- Feelings of being numb or dazed
- Insomnia
- Restlessness
- Poor concentration
- Autonomic arousal
- Anger/anxiety/depression
- Withdrawal
ADJUSTMENT DISORDER
- Wide range of … or … symptoms
- Stressor not necessarily … …
- Out of … to stressor
- Lasts up to … months
- Wide range of emotional or behavioural symptoms
- Stressor not necessarily life threatening
- Out of proportion to stressor
- Lasts up to 6 months
PTSD
- Response to exceptionally … or … event
- … experienced ,witnessed … event that involved actual or threatened … or serious … …. or threat to physically … of self or others.
- … response involved intense …, h… or horror …
- Response to exceptionally threatening or catastrophic event
- … experienced ,witnessed … event that involved actual or threatened death or serious injury …. or threat to physical integrity of self or others.
- … response involved intense fear, helplessness or horror …
PTSD symptoms
- Re-… flashbacks/nightmares
- Numbness/detachment
- A…
- Hypervigilance/startle
- I…
- Anxiety/depression
- Re-experiencing flashbacks/nightmares
- Numbness/detachment
- Avoidance
- Hypervigilance/startle
- Insomnia
- Anxiety/depression
PTSD symptoms
- Re-experiencing f…/n…
- N../D…
- Avoidance
- H…/s…
- Insomnia
- a…/d…
- Re-experiencing flashbacks/nightmares
- Numbness/detachment
- Avoidance
- Hypervigilance/startle
- Insomnia
- Anxiety/depression
List 6 PTSD symptoms
- Re-experiencing flashbacks/nightmares
- Numbness/detachment
- Avoidance
- Hypervigilance/startle
- Insomnia
- Anxiety/depression
PTSD course
- Usually … onset
- Most recover within … year
- Rape victims
- –…% at 2 weeks
- –65% at 1 month
- –42% at 6 months
- Usually immediate onset
- Most recover within 1 year
- Rape victims
- –94% at 2 weeks
- –65% at 1 month
- –42% at 6 months
PTSD course
- Usually … onset
- Most recover within 1 year
- Rape victims
- –94% at 2 weeks
- –….% at 1 month
- –…% at 6 months
- Usually immediate onset
- Most recover within 1 year
- Rape victims
- –94% at 2 weeks
- –65% at 1 month
- –42% at 6 months
Clinical Picture of GAD
- Symptoms are …
- Symptoms are not restricted to or strongly predominating in any particular set of circumstances
- Characteristic features:
- –Worry & a…
- –h… & motor tension (restless / trembling)
- –Autonomic … (sweating / palpitations / dry mouth / epigastric discomfort / dizziness)
- Symptoms are persistent
- Symptoms are not restricted to or strongly predominating in any particular set of circumstances
- Characteristic features:
- –Worry & apprehension
- –Headache & motor tension (restless / trembling)
- –Autonomic hyperactivity (sweating / palpitations / dry mouth / epigastric discomfort / dizziness)
Psychological Symptoms of GAD
- f… anticipation
- Irritability
- Sensitivity to …
- Restlessness
- Poor …
- … thoughts
- Fearful anticipation
- Irritability
- Sensitivity to noise
- Restlessness
- Poor concentration
- Worrying thoughts
Psychological Symptoms of GAD
- Fearful anticipation
- I…
- S… to noise
- R…
- Poor …
- Worrying thoughts
- Fearful anticipation
- Irritability
- Sensitivity to noise
- Restlessness
- Poor concentration
- Worrying thoughts
List the 6 symptoms of GAD
- Fearful anticipation
- Irritability
- Sensitivity to noise
- Restlessness
- Poor concentration
- Worrying thoughts
Additional symptoms of GAD
- Sleep disturbances
- –Insomnia, night …
- S…
- De…
- F… with details
-
Sleep disturbances
- –Insomnia, night terrors
- Sadness
- Depersonalisation
- Fixation with details
Epidemiology of GAD
- Lifetime prevalence: –8.9% (ICD-10 criteria)1
- … > …
- Estimated to be …x higher in patients in primary care clinics (indicated increased use of health care services)
- High level of co-morbidity (~ …%), especially simple phobias, social phobia, panic disorder & depression
- Lifetime prevalence: –8.9% (ICD-10 criteria)1
- Women > men
- Estimated to be 3x higher in patients in primary care clinics (indicated increased use of health care services)
- High level of co-morbidity (~ 70%), especially simple phobias, social phobia, panic disorder & depression
Epidemiology of GAD
- Lifetime prevalence: –…% (ICD-10 criteria)1
- Women > men
- Estimated to be 3x higher in patients in … care clinics (indicated increased use of health care services)
- High level of co-morbidity (~ 70%), especially simple …, social …, … disorder & depression
- Lifetime prevalence: –8.9% (ICD-10 criteria)1
- Women > men
- Estimated to be 3x higher in patients in primary care clinics (indicated increased use of health care services)
- High level of co-morbidity (~ 70%), especially simple phobias, social phobia, panic disorder & depression
Aetiology of GAD - Genetic Predisposition
- … fold increase in 1st degree relatives1
- –….% in relatives of GAD sufferers
- –3.5% in relatives of controls
- Monozygotic = dizygotic
- Shared heritability for GAD and mood disorders
- In summary: Genetic factors play a modest role
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Five fold increase in 1st degree relatives1
- –19.5% in relatives of GAD sufferers
- –3.5% in relatives of controls
- Monozygotic = dizygotic
- Shared heritability for GAD and mood disorders
- In summary: Genetic factors play a modest role
Aetiology of GAD - Genetic Predisposition
- Five fold increase in … degree relatives1
- –19.5% in relatives of GAD sufferers
- –…% in relatives of controls
- Monozygotic = dizygotic
- Shared heritability for GAD and mood disorders
- In summary: Genetic factors play a modest role
- Five fold increase in 1st degree relatives1
- –19.5% in relatives of GAD sufferers
- –3.5% in relatives of controls
- Monozygotic = dizygotic
- Shared heritability for GAD and mood disorders
- In summary: Genetic factors play a modest role
Aetiology of GAD - Association with life events
- Several studies found an association with stressful / traumatic life events
- The experience of even one very important unexpected negative event was associated with a …x ↑ in GAD in men and women
- Several studies found an association with stressful / traumatic life events
- The experience of even one very important unexpected negative event was associated with a 3x ↑ in GAD in men and women
Aetiology of GAD - Early environmental factors
- Impact on development of anxiety and other negative emotions
- … theory:
- Parents or other consistent caregivers serve important function in a child’s development
- They provide a protective and secure base from which the child can operate
- Disruption leads to anxious … and …
- Severe … leads to withdrawal and depression
- Impact on development of anxiety and other negative emotions
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Attachment theory:
- Parents or other consistent caregivers serve important function in a child’s development
- They provide a protective and secure base from which the child can operate
- Disruption leads to anxious apprehension and dependency
- Severe disruption leads to withdrawal and depression
Aetiology of GAD - Early environmental factors
- Impact on development of anxiety and other negative emotions
- Attachment theory:
- … or other consistent … serve important function in a child’s development
- They provide a … and secure base from which the child can operate
- … leads to anxious apprehension and dependency
- Severe disruption leads to … and …
- Impact on development of anxiety and other negative emotions
- Attachment theory:
- Parents or other consistent caregivers serve important function in a child’s development
- They provide a protective and secure base from which the child can operate
- Disruption leads to anxious apprehension and dependency
- Severe disruption leads to withdrawal and depression
Aetiology of GAD - Parenting 1
- A healthy parent–child relationship fosters a sense of control over events.
- … to child’s efforts at engagement
- … of the child to explore and manipulate the environment.
- A lack of … & … leads to a general perception of personal inefficacy which may predispose to … emotional states
- … coupled with a lack of warmth and responsiveness toward the child could lead to …
- A healthy parent–child relationship fosters a sense of control over events.
- Responsiveness to child’s efforts at engagement
- Encouragement of the child to explore and manipulate the environment.
- A lack of warmth & encouragement leads to a general perception of personal inefficacy which may predispose to negative emotional states
- Overprotection coupled with a lack of warmth and responsiveness toward the child could lead to anxiety