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PSYC363 - Abnormal Psychology > Anxiety, Trauma-and Stressor-Related, and Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders > Flashcards

Anxiety, Trauma-and Stressor-Related, and Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders Flashcards

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Define Anxiety

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Negative mood state characterized by bodily symptoms of physical tension and by apprehension about the future

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What is fear?

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An immediate alarm reaction to danger

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Define panic

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Experiencing the alarm response of fear when there is nothing to be afraid of

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Define a panic attack

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An abrupt experience of intense fear or acute discomfort, accompanied by physical symptoms

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What is the Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS)?

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Receiving danger signals from the brain stem

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What is the fight/flight system (FFS)?

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An alarm and escape response

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Define Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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Shift from possible crisis to crisis, worry about minor, everyday concerns

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Define Panic Control Treatment (PCT)

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A cognitive therapy that involves relaxation and breathing

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What is a panic disorder?

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Individuals experience severe, unexpected panic attacks

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What is agoraphobia?

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Fear and avoidance of situations in which a person feels unsafe or unable to escape in the event of a developing panic symptom

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What is a specific phobia?

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An irrational fear of a specific object or situation that markedly interferes with an individuals ability to function

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What are blood-injection-injury phobias?

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Decreased heart rate and blood pressure upon seeing blood, injections, or injury

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What are situational phobias?

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Fear of public transportation or enclosed places

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What are natural environment phobias?

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Fear of situations or events occurring in nature

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What are animal phobias?

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Fears of animals and insects

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What is separation anxiety disorder?

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Characterized by children’s unrealistic and persistent worry that something will happen to their parents or themselves when apart

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What is social anxiety disorder?

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Extreme/irrational concern about being negatively evaluated by other people

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Define Tijin Kyofusho

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Fear of offending others or making them uncomfortable

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What are Beta Blockers?

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They reduce autonomic arousal

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What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?

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Exposed to trauma, continued re-experiencing through nightmares, memories and flashbacks

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Define acute stress disorder

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Similar to PTSD, occurring within the first month after the trauma, different name emphasizes the severe reactions that some people have immediately

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What is catharsis?

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Reliving emotional trauma to relieve suffering

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What is an adjustment disorder?

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Anxious or depressive reactions to life stress that are generally milder than PTSD and acute stress disorder

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What is an attachment disorder?

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Disturbed and developmentally inappropriate behaviors in children, in which, the child is unwilling or unable to form normal attachment relationships with care-giving adults

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What is a reactive attachment disorder?

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Abnormally withdrawn and inhibited behavior, less receptive to support from caregivers

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What is a disinhibited social engagement disorder?

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A pattern of behavior in which the child shows no inhibitions whatsoever to approaching adults

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Define Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

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Consists of obsessions that are intrusive and nonsensical that appear as thoughts, images, or urges

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What is a body dysmorphic disorder (BDD)?

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A preoccupation with some imagined defect in appearance by someone who actually looks reasonably normal

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What is trichotillomania?

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The urge to pull out one’s own hair from anywhere on the body

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What is excoriation?

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Repetitive and compulsive picking of the skin leading to tissue damage

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