Chapter 5

Question 1

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Answer 1

Anxiety disorder characterized by intense, uncontrollable, unfocused, chronic, and continuous worry that is distressing and unproductive, accompanied by physical symptoms of tenseness, irritability, and restlessness.

Question 2

What is the DSM-5 criteria for anxiety disorder?

Answer 2

At least 6 months of excessive anxiety and worry
Difficulty turning off the worrying

Question 3

How are the physical symptoms of panic disorder and GAD different?

Answer 3

Panic is autonomic arousal (inc heart rate, trembling etc), while GAD is muscle tension, mental agitation and fatigue

Question 4

GAD is one of the (most or least) common anxiety disorders in the world.

Answer 4

Most

Question 5

Most patients with GAD seek out treatment at…

Answer 5

The primary care doctors

Question 6

Which group has the most cases of GAD?

Answer 6

Females, twice as many as men

Question 7

Is GAD chronic or short term?

Answer 7

Chronic

Question 8

What kind of course does GAD have?

Answer 8

Waxing and waning, itc omes and goes

Question 9

What groups is GAD most common? Least?

Answer 9

Adults over 45, least in ages 15 to 24

Question 10

What are medication is often given to older adults?

Answer 10

Minor tranquilizers

Question 11

What medication is used for younger populations with anxiety?

Answer 11

Benzodiazepine

Question 12

What is anxiety sensitivity?

Answer 12

the tendency to become distressed in response to arousal-related sensations, arising from beliefs that these anxiety-related sensations have harmful consequences

Question 13

Anxiety disorders have …

Answer 13

Generalized biological vulnerability

Question 14

People with GAD are called autonomic restrictors because…

Answer 14

They show less responsiveness on physiological measures than people with other anxiety disorders

Question 15

What did scientists find that explained autonomic restrictors in people with GAD?

Answer 15

People with GAD are thinking so hard about upcoming problems that they don’t have the attentional capacity left for the all-important process of creating images of the potential threat, images that would elicit more substantial negative affect and autonomic activity

Question 16

Benzodiazepines treat

Answer 16

GAD

Question 17

Why are benzodiazepines dangerous?

Answer 17

The can make people dependent on them, can cause falls in older adults, and reduce overall functioning

Question 18

What treatment is best for people with GAD in the longterm?

Answer 18

Psychological treatment
, cognitive Behaviorial treatment

Question 19

What are metacognitions?

Answer 19

strong need to control the future, “beliefs about worrying”

Question 20

What is panic disorder?

Question 21

What is agoraphobia?

Question 22

2/3 of ______ have panic disorder

Question 23

When is onset of panic disorders?

Question 24

What percentage of women suffer from agoraphobia?

Answer 24

75 percent

Question 25

Why do women suffer from agoraphobia more than men?

Question 26

What culturally acceptable way do most men cope with panic disorder?

Answer 26

Consuming large amounts of alcohol

Question 27

Men with panic disorder often suffer with … too

Answer 27

Alcohol abuse

Question 28

Panic disorder looks the same amongst all ethnic groups.

Answer 28

False, it present differently

Question 29

What time do most panic attacks occur?

Question 30

How are nocturnal attacks studied?

Question 31

What is sleep apnea?

Question 32

In which population is sleep apnea most commonly found?

Question 33

What are sleep terrors?

Question 34

In which groups is sleep paralysis most common?

Question 35

In which groups is sleep paralysis least common?

Question 36

What are learned alarms?

Question 37

What does the hypothesis tying seperation anxiety to panic disorder say?

Question 38

What four drugs are used to treat panic disorder?

Question 39

What psychological treatment is used for panic disorder?

Answer 39

Gradual Exposure therapy

Question 40

What is panic control treatment (PCT)?

Question 41

What is specific phobia?

Question 42

What is social anxiety disorder (SAD)?

Question 43

What is PTSD?

Question 44

What Biritish diarist helped with naming PSTD?

Question 45

PTSD has a _____ onset

Answer 45

Delayed

Question 46

What is acute stress disorder?

Question 47

Female are … more likely than men to suffer from panic disorder

Answer 47

2x

Question 48

Panic disorder medication

Answer 48

Benzodiazepines or SSRIs

Question 49

Panic disorder psychological intervention

Question 50

Which treatment works best for panic disorder?

Answer 50

Cognitive behaviorial treatment

Question 51

Female : Male = 4:1

Answer 51

Specific phobias

Question 52

Medication for social anxiety?

Answer 52

Beta blockers, benzodiazepines, SSRIs, D-cycloserine

Question 53

Describe the treatment that is most affective for social anxiety disorder

Answer 53

Psychological, CBT, rehearsal, challenging anxious thoguhts about social judgement, exposure therapy

Question 54

SSRIs only

Answer 54

PTSD, OCD

Question 55

SSRIs only

Answer 55

PTSD