Chapter 3 Flashcards
Adaptive Anxiety
When it prompts us to seek medical attention, to study for an upcoming test or avoid a dangerous system
*** probably what I have
Maladaptive Anxiety
When the Anxiety is out of proportion to the level of threat that occurs out to the blue, not in response to environmental factors n
Physical Features of anxiety
- Jumpiness
- Jitters
- Incresed perspiration and heart rate
- Shortness of Breath
- Dizziness and Nausea
Behavioural feaures of Anxiety
- Include the need to escape a situation
- Agitation
- Clinginess
- Need for Reassurance
Cognitive features of Anxiety
includes excessive and prolonged worrying, overly aware of bodily sensations, jumbled thoughts, nagging thoughts, dread and fear
Panic Attacks
Associated with strong physical reactions, especially cardiovascular symptoms
Panic disorder
- Repeated, unexpected panic attacks
- Intese anxiety reactions accompanies by physical symptoms such as a pounding heart, rapid respiration, shortness of breath, heavy perspiration, dizziness and weakness
Agoraphobia
A fear of plaves and situations from which it might be difficuly or embaraccing to escape
Examples of Agoraphobia
- May fear shopping in crowded stores
- Walking through crowded streets
- Eating in restaurents
Is Agoraphobia more common in men or women
Women
GAD
- Anxiety disorder characterized by persistent feelings of dread, foreboding and hrightened states of sympatehtic arousal
- Formerly refereed to as free floating anxiety
Phobic disorders
- Persistent fears of objects or situations that are disproportionate to the threats they pose
- Usually involve fears of the ordinary things in life
Social Anxiety Disorder
- Phobia disorder
- Excessive fear of negative evaluation from others
- People with social anxiety disorder often worry about their soical presentation
Seperation Anxiety Disorder
- Normal for children
- Parents seperated by children
Selective Mutism
- Rare Condition
- Not initiating speech of reciprocating speech when spoken to
- Can speak to specific people but cannot to others
Example of selective mutism
Can communicate at home but not at school
What is selective mutism associated with
- High Social Anxiety
- Shyness
- Fear of embarassment
Obsessive Compulsive Disorders
- Recurrent obsessions, compulsions or both thab occupy more than an hour a day
Obession
An intrusive, unwanted ans recurrent thought, image or urge that seems beyond a persons ability to control
Compulsion
- Repetitive behaviour or mental act that a person feels compelled or driven to perform and oftern occur in response to obsessional thoughts
Adjustment Disorders
- Maladaptive reactions to an identified stressor or stressors and result in impaired functioning or signs of emotional distree that exceed what would normally be expected in the situation
- Reaction may be resolved if the stressor is removed or the individual learns to adapt to it successfully
Acute Stress Dsiorder
- A traumatic stress reaction occuring in the days and weeks follwing exposure to a traumatic event
- Lasts 4 weeks or less
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Impaires functioning following exposure to a traumatic experience
- Symptoms for at least one month and may persist for months, years or even decades
Features of both ASD and PTSD
- Extreme anxiety / fear or dissociation
- Intrusive memories and flashbacks
- Heightened arousal or vigilance
- Children may respond by showing or agitated behaviour
