chapter 2 test Flashcards

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general anxiety disorder

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worry about everything, insomnia, fatigue, aches, and pains

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biological GAD

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insufficient GABA and serotonin, cotext is hyperaroused, (valium and SSRI’s help)

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psychodynamic GAD

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psychotherapy: dream analysis and free association. over and under-protected kids are less likely to have effective coping mechanisms.

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cognitive behavioral GAD

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if anxiety is learned it can be unlearned, operant and classical conditioning, GAD is a maladaptive way of thinking, change the way of thinking. The most successful of all approaches

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humanistic approach GAD

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they have too high standards, unrealistic expectations of themselves, they need to have a good relationship with their therapist

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sociocultural approach GAD

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GAD develops in people who live stressful lives, self help groups

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phobia

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intense fear of an object or event

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specific phobia

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heights, spiders, blood

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agoraphobia

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fear of being in places where escaping might be difficult, (stuck in an elevator), terrified of having a panic attack with no escape

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social anxiety disorder

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fear of socializing or performing

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treatments (phobias)

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phobias are learned and can be unlearned

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cognitive behavioral phobias

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Classically conditioned to fear an object, then operationally conditioned to retain the phobia (get bit by a spider, you remember the pain so you avoid them now)

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systematic desensitization (exposure therapy)

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patient learns to relax in the presence of feared stimuli

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flooding (exposure therapy)

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flood the patient with the feared object (place 1000 snaked in the same room as them)

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exposure and response prevention (exposure therapy)

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expose the patient to a stimulus but don’t let them have a reaction. (force someone with cleaning OCD to touch garbage without washing their hands after)

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aversion therapy

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learn to associate something bad with undesirable behavior (put hot sauce on a babies thumb so they stop sucking it)

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operant conditioning therapies

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positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, extinction, & punishment to eliminate unwanted behaviors

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modeling (phobia)

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samples of appropriate behaviors are demonstrated then the patient attempts to imitate them

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panic disorder

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an anxiety disorder that is characterized by panic attacks

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panic attack

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10 minutes of intense fear or anxiety

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biological treatment (panic attack)

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abnormal levels of noreponephrine, SSRI’s and SNRIs reduce symptoms

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behavioral (panic attacks)

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exposure treatment

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cognitive (panic attacks)

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educated about human physiology

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cognitive-behavioral OCD

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maladaptive thoughts are the root, exposure and response prevention

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biological (OCD)
SSRIs take 6-12 weeks to see results
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stress disorder
traumatic event that triggers the stress response
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Acute stress disorder (ASD)
symptoms begin within 1 month of traumatic event and last for less then 1 month
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PTSD
occur immediatly after or resurface years later, lasts longer then 1 month
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treatment (ASD & PTSD)
exposure (sometimes), flooding, antidespressants, support groups
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conversion
no medical basis for the symptoms, very rare (blindness, tunnel vision, loss of hearing. Causes: psychodynamic suffer from trauma or stress that is not dealt with. Cognitive: behavior it rewarded. Treatments: hypnosis
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factitious disorder (Munchausen syndrome)
faking illness, making themselves sick (swallowing objects, very dramatic pathological liars)
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Munchausen syndrome
when parents hurt their kids or get them sick to look like the hero. causes: behavioral rewarding, getting attention. hard to treat
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illness anxiety disorder
complain all the time, physical complaints, happy to be sick (increased heart rate = heart attack). causes: cognitive suffer from confirmation bias. CBT: always think they have a disease or dying
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somatic symptom disorder
2-GI (stomach hurts), 1- sexual (lack of interest, 1-neurological (tingling in limbs). no biological reasoning, patient is upset and worrying about the present. Causes: anxiety, trauma runs in the family, could be rewarding
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primary vs secondary gain
primary - psychological protection. | secondary - reward from care
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predominant pain
in pain, physically recovered, psychologically brings pain back. treatment: exposure therpay
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psychophysiological disorders
stress/trauma causes psychological and physical pain (migrains, increased BP)
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general adaptation syndrome
1 - alarm phase, hypothalamus. 2- resistance, immune system. 3 - exhaustion
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anhedonia
not enjoying things you used to
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artifact theory
women go to the doctor for despression more then men do
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diagnosis (depression)
at least 5 symptoms, have to be sad, lasts 2 weeks or more
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major depressive disorder
one episode without mania
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dysthymia
lasts years, less severe