approaches to anxiety disorders and OCD

Question 1

what are diffuse anxiety disorders?

Answer 1

there is no specific stimuli that evokes an anxiety response in the individual, fear is general. e.g. GAD and PD

Question 1

what are the three classes of anxiety disorder?

Answer 1

diffuse anxiety, fear anxiety and anxiety-inferred

Question 2

what are fear disorders?

Answer 2

there is a specific stimuli that evokes a fear response in the individual. Examples include phobias and social anxiety disorder (SAD)

Question 3

What are anxiety-inferred disorders?

Answer 3

Anxiety might not be experienced but may be concluded to explain various symptoms. Examples include OCD.

Question 4

What symptoms are experienced in GAD?

Answer 4

Chronic and uncontrollable anxiety experienced for at least 6 months. Sufferers must show at least 3 symptoms from: restlessness, fatigue, muscle tension, sleep disturbances irritability and difficulty concentrating.

Question 5

What is agoraphobia?

Answer 5

Fear of venturing into public places.

Question 6

What is the name of the cognitive approach to explaining anxiety?

Answer 6

Catastrophic misinterpretation of internal stimuli (Clark)

Question 7

How does the psychodynamic approach attempt to explain OCD?

Answer 7

Fixation in the anal stage, reaction formation to id impulses, obsessive thoughts linked to unconscious id demands.