Chapter 26: Anxiety

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is an uncomfortable feeling of apprehension or dread that occurs in response to internal or external stimuli and can result in physical emotional cognative and behavioral symptoms

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anxiety

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an extreme overwhelming form of anxiety often experience when an individual is place in a real or perceived life threatening situation

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panic disorder

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sudden, DISCRETE periods of intense fear or discomfort accompanied by significant physical and cognitive symptoms

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pain attacks

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fear of open spaces commonly occurs with panic disorder

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agroaphobia

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substances known to produce panic attacks

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panicogenic

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which pairs a somatic discomfort such as dizzy or palpitations with an impending panic attack

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interceptive conditioning

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behaviors that take the focus off the physical sensations

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distraction

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rehearsed postivie coping statements

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positive self talk

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involves intentional exposure to panic invoking sensations such as dizzy, hyperventiliation, fighting in the chest and swelling

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pain control treatment

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is the treatment of choice for agoraphobia, repeatedly expose to real or simulated anxiety provoking situations until he or she becomes desestitized and anxiety subsides

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exposure therapy

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exposure method used to desensitize pts. exposes the pat to a hierarchy of fears situations that the pt. has rated from least to most feared

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systemic desnsitization

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proactive technique useful in treating agrophaobia in which the therapist identifies phobic stimuli for the pt. and then presents high anxiety provoking imagery to the pt. describing the feared scenes as dramatically and vidily as possible

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impolsive therapy

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technique used to desensitize the pt. to the fear associated with a particular anxiety provoking stimulus

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flooding

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are excessive unwanted intrusive and peristen thoughts impulses or images that cause anxiety and distress

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obsessions

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behaviors that are performed repeatedly in a ritualistic fashion within the goal of preventing relieving anxiety and distress caused by obsessions

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compulsions

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a dissociate type symptom common in OCD a nonspecific experience in which the individual loses the sense of personal identy and feels strange

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depolarization

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occurs when a neutral stimulus is paired with an aversive unconditioned stimulus that elicits an uncdondition fear response

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fear conditioning

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the loss of a learned conditioned emotional response after repeated presentations of the conditioned fear stimulus without a continuous traumatic event

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extinction

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the loss of a learned conditioned emotional response after repeated presentations of the conditioned fear stimulus without a continuous traumatic event

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extinction

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the loss of a learned conditioned emotional response after repeated presentations of the conditioned fear stimulus without a continuous traumatic event

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extinction

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feelings of frustration disgust with life demoralization and hopelessness

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generalized anxiety disorder

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long term disorder related to experience of major trauma

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PTSD