Anxiety Disorders pt. 1

Question 1

What is the difference between anxiety and fear?

Answer 1

Anxiety is future oriented, whereas fear is about perceived danger in the present.

Question 2

How do you identify anxiety disorders?

Answer 2

• There is persistent fear and/or anxiety related to an object or situation.
• There is also avoidance of the object or situation.

Question 3

True or False: Anxiety disorders are the most common mental disorder in the U.S.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Is it likely for someone who has an anxiety disorder to experience another one in their lifetime?

Answer 4

Yes

Question 5

What are specific phobias?

Answer 5

Fears of specific objects or situations.

Question 6

What are some characteristics of specific phobias?

Answer 6

• Intense and persistent fear.
• Greater desire to avoid the feared object or situation.
• Distress that interferes with functioning.

Question 7

What determines the impact of a specific phobia on one’s life?

Answer 7

What arouses the fear.

Question 8

What is the female to male ratio as it relates to those who suffer from specific phobias?

Answer 8

2:1

Question 9

Review behavioral component of specific phobias…

Answer 9

in notes

Question 10

review operant conditioning in specific phobias…

Answer 10

in notes

Question 11

review evolutionary component of specific phobias…

Answer 11

in notes

Question 12

review biological components of specific phobias…

Answer 12

in notes

Question 13

How can you treat specific phobias?

Answer 13

Through behavioral interventions, particularly exposure treatments.

Question 14

True or False: Exposure treatment, as it relates to specific phobias, are the most widely used and tend to be the most effective

Answer 14

true

Question 15

What is exposure treatment?

Answer 15

A form of behavioral treatment in which a person is exposed to the object or situation they dread, over time.

Question 16

What is the idea behind systematic desensitization?

Answer 16

To pair relaxation with the feared object or situation in hopes to substitute the feared response with the relaxation response.

Question 17

What are the 2 types of systematic desensitization?

Answer 17

• In Vivo desensitization (live/real)

- Covert desensitization (imaginal)

Question 18

What is the flooding technique?

Answer 18

Repeated exposure to the feared stimulus without relaxation training and without gradual buildup.

Question 19

Can the exposure technique be just as effective when using flooding?

Answer 19

yes

Question 20

True or False: Cognitive therapy and medications are effective when treating phobias

Answer 20

False

Question 21

What is Social Anxiety Disorder?

Answer 21

Severe, persistent fear of social or performance situations in which embarrassment might occur.

Question 22

What is the key piece of Social Anxiety Disorder?

Answer 22

The negative evaluation that one receives from themselves. (could also be fearful of receiving the negative evaluation of others)

Question 23

Review cognitive behavioral models as they relate to social anxiety disorder…

Answer 23

in notes