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Chapter 4 Anxiety, OCD and related disorders Flashcards

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Define:

fear

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central nervous system’s physiological and emotional response to a serious threat to one’s well-being

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Define:

anxiety

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central nervous system’s physiological and emotional response to vague sense of threat or danger

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What is:

Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)

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disorder marked by persistent and excessive feelings of anxiety and worry about numerous events and activities

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in any given year what percentage of the U.S adult population experiences one of the six DSM-5 anxiety disorder

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19%

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about what percentage develop an anxiety disorder at some point in their lives

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31%

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what percentage of people seek treatment for anxiety disorders

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42%

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List:

GAD characterization

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  • excessive anxiety experienced under most circumstances
  • worry about anything “free floating anxiety”
  • reduced quality of life
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what percent of the US population is affected by GAD

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4 %

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what is the ratio of women to men affected by affected by GAD

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2:1

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What is:

sociocultural perspective of GAD

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most likely develop in people faced with dangerous ongoing social conditions or highly threatened environments

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List:

forms of societal stress (GAD)

3 points

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  • poverty
  • race and ethnicity
  • widespread illness
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define:

separation anxiety

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anxiety disorder feel extreme anxiety and panic when separated from key people in their lives

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Answer:

what is the most common anxiety disorder among children

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separation anxiety

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what does freud say about GAD?

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  • children feel some degree of anxiety levels or inadequate defense mechanisms
  • GAD occurs with high anxiety levels or inadequate defense mechanisms
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todays psychodynamic theorists think GAD is caused by

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early parent-child relationships

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List:

Psychodynamic therapies for GAD

3 points

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  • free association
  • therapist interpretations of transference, resistance and
  • dreams to reduce fear of id impulses and control
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how do object relations therapists help patients with GAD

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help patients identify and settle early relationship problems

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What is:

humanistic perspective of GAD

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arises when people stop looking at themselves honestly and acceptingly

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What is:

carl rogers explanation for GAD

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  • lack of unconditional positive regard in childhood conditions of worth
  • threatening self-judgements break through and cause anxiety
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What is:

humanistic centered therapy

2 points

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  • client centered therapy used to show unconditional positive regard for clients
  • only limited support for rogers’ explanation of GAD
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What is:

biological perspective of GAD

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GAD caused by bio factors
fear reactions are tied to brain circuts

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what type of drug helps with anxiety

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benzodiazepines

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examples of benzodiazepines

3 points

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  • alprazolam
  • lorazepam
  • diazepam
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what was used in the early 1950’s drug therapy for GAD

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barbiturates (sedative- hypnotics)

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what were the late 1950’s drug therapy for GAD

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Benzodiazepines

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how do phobias differ from fear

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  • more intense and persistent fear
  • greater desire to avoid the feared object or situation
  • create distress that interferes with functioning
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List:

categories of phobia

2 points

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  • specific phobias
  • agoraphobia
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Answer:

what percent of people in the US have a specific phobia

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9%

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what percent of people experience phobia symptoms during their lifetime?

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13%

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List:

specific phobias characterizations

4 points

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  • persistent and disproportionate fear of particular object or situation lasting at least 6 months
  • exposure to the object produces immediate fear
  • avoidance of feared situation
  • significant distress or impairment
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Answer:

what percent of the US population suffers from Agoraphobia

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1%

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Answer:

what percent of agoraphobics seek treatment

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46%

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List:

agoraphobia characterizations

6 points

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  • pronounced disproportionate or repeated fear about being in at least two delineated situations
  • fear that it would be hard to escape or get help if panic, embarrassment or disabling symptoms occur
  • avoidance of agoraphobic situations
  • symptoms last 6 months
  • significant distress
  • recurrence happens after therapy sometimes
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Answer:

how do fears become entrenched

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once fears are acquired individuals avoid dreaded object or situation

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List:

ways fears are learned

2 points

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  • classical conditioning
  • modeling
36
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Answer:

What is Behavioral- evolutionary explaination of phobias

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Some specific phobias are much more common than others

37
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Define:

Preparedness

A

Species-specific biological predisposition to develop certain fears

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List:

Treatments for specific phobias

3 points

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  • systematic desensitization
  • flooding
  • modeling
39
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List:

Treatments for Agoraphobia

3 points

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  • exposure therapy
  • support groups
  • home based self help groups
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Answer:

About how many people relapse after therapy for Agoraphobia

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half

41
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Answer:

what percentage of the U.S. population suffers from Social Anxiety Disorder

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7%

42
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Answer:

what percentage of people experience social anxiety symptoms in their life

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12%

43
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Answer:

When does social anxiety start

A

late childhood/ adolescence and into adulthood

44
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Answer:

What percentage of people seek treatment for Social anxiety

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40%

45
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List:

Checklist of social anxiety

5 points

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  • Pronounced, disproportionate, and repeated anxiety about social situation(s) in which the individual could be exposed to scrutiny by others; typically lasting 6 months or more
  • fear of being negatively evaluated by or offensive to others
  • exposure to social situation almost always produces anxiety
  • Avoidance of feared situation
  • Significant distress or impairment
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Answer:

According to the cognitive behavioral perspective what causes social anxiety

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  • group of social realm dysfunctional beliefs and expectations held; anticipation of social disasters and dread of social situations
  • avoidance and safety behaviors performed to reduce or prevent these disasters
  • tied to genetic predispositions, trait tendencies, biological abnormalities, traumatic childhood experiences, overprotective parent- child interactions
47
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List:

two distinct features of social anxiety

2 points (duh)

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  • overwhelming social fears
  • lack of social skills
48
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List:

Treatments for overwhelming social fears

2 points

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  • medications ( Benzodiazepine or antidepressants)
  • cognitive - behavioral therapy (exposure therapy)
49
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List:

treatments for lack of social skills

2 points

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  • social skills and assertiveness training
  • training groups
50
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Define:

Panic attack

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periodic, short bouts of panic that occur suddenly, reach a peak within minutes, and gradually pass

51
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List

symptoms of panic attacks

11 points

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  • heart palpitations
  • tingling in hands/feet
  • shortness of breath
  • sweating
  • hot/cold flashes
  • trembling
  • chest pains
  • choking sensations
  • faintness
  • dizziness
  • feeling of unreality
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Answer:

what percent of the U.S population experience panic disorder yearly?

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3%

53
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Answer:

What percent of people experience symptoms of panic disorder during lifetime

A

5%

54
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Answer:

When does panic disorder begin

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late adolescence or early adulthood

55
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list:

Checklist for panic disorder

4 points

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  • unforeseen panic attacks occur repeatedly
  • one or more of the attacks precede either of the following symptoms
  • at least a month of continual concern about having additional attacks
  • at least one month of dysfunctional behavior changes associated with the attacks
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Answer:

What is the early biological perspective of panic disorder

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panic attacks caused by abnormal norepinephrine activity in locus ceruleus

57
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Answer:

what is the recent biological perspective of panic disorder

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  • brain circuits and Amygdala are more complex root of the problem
  • may be inherited predisposition to abnormalities in these areas
58
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List:

parts of the panic circuit

5 points

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  • Amygdala
  • Hippocampus
  • ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus
  • central gray matter
  • Locus coeruleus
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Answer:

What is the cognitive-behavioral therapy for panic attacks

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seeks to correct people’s misinterpretations of their bodily sensations

60
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list:

strategies used in cognitive- behavioral therapy

3 points

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  • educate about nature of panic attacks
  • teach applications of more accurate interpretations
  • teach skills for coping with anxiety, including biological challenge procedures
61
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Define:

Obsessions

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persistent thoughts, ideas, impulses, or images that seem to invade a person’s consciousness

62
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Define:

Compulsions

A

repetitive and rigid behaviors or mental acts that people feel they must perform to prevent or reduce anxiety

63
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Answer

what percentage of the world population is affected by OCD

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1.2%

64
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Answer:

When does OCD typically begin

A

childhood or young adulthood

65
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List:

checklist of OCD

3 points

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  • occurrence of repeated obsessions, compulsions, or both
  • obsessions/compulsions take up considerable time
  • significant distress or impairment
66
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list:

Features of obsessions

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  • thoughts that feel both intrusive and foreign
  • attempts to ignore or resist them trigger anxiety
  • Awareness that thoughts are excessive
67
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List:

Basic themes of OCD

5 points

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  • dirt/contamination
  • violence and aggression
  • orderliness
  • religion
  • sexuality
68
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list:

Features of compulsions

5 points

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  • various forms of voluntary behaviors or mental acts
  • feel mandatory/unstoppable
  • recognition that behaviors are unreasonable
  • performing behaviors reduces anxiety for a short time
  • behaviors often develop into rituals
69
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list:

Themes of compulsions

4 points

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  • cleaning compulsions
  • checking compulsions
  • order or balance
  • touching, verbalizing, and/or counting compulsions
70
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what is:

psychodynamic theory of OCD

A

battle between the id and ego defense machanisms lessens anxiety in overt thoughts amd actions

71
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Answer:

what stage of development does frued think OCD comes from

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Anal

72
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List:

treatments for OCD

2 points
psychodynamic

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  • free association
  • therapist interpretation

little research support

73
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What is:

cognitive behavioral perspective

OCD

A

disorder grows fro human tendencies to have unwanted, intrusive, unpleasant thoughts

74
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What is:

cognitive behavioral therapy

OCD

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