Anxiety, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders

Question 1

generalized anxiety disorder

Answer 1

a disorder marked by persistent and excessive feelings of anxiety and worry about numerous events and activities. ongoing anxiety for at least 3 months.

Question 2

client-centered therapy

Answer 2

the humanistic therapy developed by carl rogers in which clinicians try to help clients by being accepting empathizing accurately and conveying genuineness

Question 3

rational-emotive therapy

Answer 3

a cognitive therapy developed by albert ellis that helps clients identify and change the irrational assumptions and thinking that help cause their psychological disorder

Question 4

panic disorder

Answer 4

an anxiety disorder marked by recurrent and unpredictable panic attacks. a month or more of one of the following symptoms after at least one of the attacks.

Question 5

obsessive-compulsive disorder

Answer 5

a disorder in which a person has recurrent and unwanted thoughts, a drive to perform repetitive and rigid actions, or both. obsessions and or compulsions are time-consuming or cause clinically significant distress or impairment

Question 6

obsessive-compulsive-related disorders

Answer 6

a group of disorders in which obsessive like concerns drive people to repeatedly and excessively perform specific. patterns of behavior that greatly disrupt their lives.

Question 7

body dysmorphic disorder

Answer 7

a disorder in which individuals become preoccupied with the belief that they have certain defects or flaws in their physical appearance. the perceived defects or flaws are imagined or greatly exaggerated

Question 8

Hoarding disorder

Answer 8

persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions, regardless of their actual value.

Question 9

Trichotillomania (Hair-pulling disorder)

Answer 9

recurrent pulling out of one’s hair, resulting in hair loss.

Question 10

excoriation(skin-picking)disorder

Answer 10

recurrent skin picking resulting in skin lesions.