Anxiety Disorders: Test #2 Review

Question 1

TRUE or FALSE: Anxiety is the most common mental illness in Canada.

Answer 1

TRUE!!

Question 2

What does stress produce?

Answer 2

Anxiety?

Question 3

What is the difference between stress and anxiety?

Answer 3

Stress: caused by stressor (existing stress causing factor)
Anxiety: continues after stressor is gone

Question 4

Anxiety serves what purpose?

Answer 4

check notes- don’t know if this is a valid question

Question 5

Anxiety disorders differ from normal anxiety in what ways?

Answer 5

• More severe/intense
• long lasting
• interferes with ability to function
• happens without state of danger

Question 6

Reactions to anxiety occur along a continuum of behavioral responses. Responses to anxiety occur on what four levels?

Answer 6

1) mild
2) moderate
3) severe
4) panic

Question 7

Name some PHYSICAL symptoms of anxiety.

Answer 7

• muscle tension/aches
• fidgeting
• headache
• sleep problems
• fight or flight reactions

Question 8

Name some PSYCHOLOGICAL symptoms of anxiety.

Answer 8

• fear, trepidation (something MAY happen)
• excessive worry
• fear of dying
• decreased attention and concentration
• environment feels unfamiliar
• feels of detachment from oneself
• easily distracted
• irritable
• insomnia
• vivid dreams

Question 9

What are 2 classifications of coping methods?

Answer 9

1) PHYSICAL - directly face and handle problem.

2) INTELLECTUAL - make threat less meaningful by changing perception.

Question 10

What is classified under the Biological Theory relating to anxiety?

Answer 10

“FIGHT or FLIGHT”
If body cannot adjust to stress:
-immune system becomes challenged, lymph nodes increase in size, chances of heart and liver cancer increase and death may occur!

Question 11

Name some stress-related medical conditions.

Answer 11

decreased immunity, burnout, headaches, stress, (peptic) ulcers, HTN, CAD, cancer, asthma.

Question 12

What is classified under Psychoanalytic Theory?

Answer 12

• Freud: conflict between ID and superego

- Modern Philosophy: conflict between two opposing forces within an individual.

Question 13

What is included in the interpersonal model?

Answer 13

• Anxiety: interactions with others.
• Early childhood interactions and significant others: result of negative outcomes.
• Low self-esteem and poor self-concept

Question 14

What is included in the Behavioral Model?

Answer 14

• Anxiety is a learned response.

- Children experiencing anxiety with one situation link feelings with more general situations.

Question 15

Explain anxiety throughout the life cycle.

Answer 15

CHILDHOOD: habits
ADOLESCENCE: ineffectively cope and express (drugs, anger, denial, run away.)
ADULTHOOD: use earlier established coping mechanisms
OLDER ADULT: denial; socially taught that it is inappropriate to share fears of anxiety.

Question 16

What are 8 types of anxiety related disorders?

Answer 16

1) Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
2) Panic Disorder
3) Agoraphobia
4) Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
5) Acute Stress Disorder
6) Post-Tramatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
7) Anxiety Disorder
8) Substance-Induced Anxiety Disorder

Question 17

What is the expressed symptom for Generalized Anxiety Disorder and what does the DSM-5 criteria include?

Answer 17

Symptom: ANXIETY!
DSM-5: -excessive worry related to 2+ things
-lasts months+
-includes 3 of following: restlessness, easily fatigued, difficulty concentrating, irritability, muscle tension, sleep disturbances.

Question 18

What is panic disorder?

Answer 18

Extreme fear cannot be controlled

Abrupt surge that reaches peak in short period of time

Question 19

What are traits of a panic disorder?

Answer 19

Fear, dissociation, nausea, diaphoresis, chest pain, tachy, shaky, feeling of suffocation.

Question 20

What is a phobic disorder?

Answer 20

Phobia-internal fear reation; differs from common fears, obsessive in nature; (characteristics of phobias vary with culture) MOST COMMON ANXIETY DISORDER!

Question 21

REVIEW SUBCATEGORIES OF PHOBIA DSM-5

Answer 21

NOTES

Question 22

What is obsessive-compulsive disorder?

Answer 22

Specific behaviors must be performed to reduce anxiety

Question 23

What are the most common obsessions related to?

Answer 23

cleanliness, dirt, germs; aggressive and sexual impulses; health concerns; safety concerns; order and symmetry.

Question 24

Describe the two components (obsession and compulsion) of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Answer 24

OBSESSION: repetitive thought
COMPULSION: repetitive action

Question 25

What happens when OCD impacts functioning and person cannot perform compulsion?

Answer 25

SOMATIC SYMPTOMS!

Question 26

What is Acute Stress Disorder characterized by?

Answer 26

development of severe anxiety, dissociative and other symptoms that occurs within 1 month after exposure to extreme traumatic stressor.

Question 27

How is PTSD developed?

Answer 27

Response to an unexpected emotional or physical trauma that could NOT be controlled

Question 28

What do people with PTSD experience?

Answer 28

Intense fear and flashbacks!

Question 29

When do symptoms of PTSD appear?

Answer 29

Immediately or repressed until years later.

Question 30

What 3 things are included in therapeutic interventions of anxiety?

Answer 30

1) Prevention (=most effective)
2) MH therapies and meds frequently used as tx
3) Hx and physical examinations

Question 31

TRUE or FALSE: Tx is individualized to the patient?

Answer 31

TRUE!!!