(Chapter 5) anxiety disorders Flashcards
Worry
Largely cognitive or “thinking” concept that refers to concerns about possible future threat
Anxiety
An emotional state that occurs as a threatening even draws close
3 key parts of anxiety
- Physical feeling
- thoughts
- Behaivors
Fear
An intense emotional state that occurs as a threat is imminent or actually occurring, specific reaction that is clear and immediate
Anxiety related disorders
People have persistent episodes of severe worry, anxiety, or fear that keeps them from doing things they would normally do.
Panic attack
A period of time, usually several minutes, in which a person experiences intense feelings of fear, apprehension that something terrible will happen, and physical symptoms
Derealization
Feelings that surrounding events are not real
Depersonalization
The person is watching themselves go through the situation
Unexpected panic attacks
Panic attacks that occur out of the blue, or without warning and predictability
Expected panic attack
Has a specific trigger
DSM 5 Panic attack symptoms
- Palpitations
- sweating
- Trembling
- shortness of breath
- Feelings of choking
- chest pain or discomfort
- nausea or abdominal distress
- Dizzy, lightnheadedness
- Chills or heat sensations
- Numbness or tingling sensations(paresthesias)
- Derealization/depersonalization
- Fear of goign crazy
- Fear of dying
Panic disorder DSM-5 diagnosis
People who regularly experience unexpected panic attacks and at least one of these panic attacks must be followed by a month or more of concern about having on other attack, worry about what a panic attack might mean, or having a change in behaivor.
Agoraphobia
Anxiety about being in places where panic symtoms may occur, especially places where escape might be difficult
Agoraphobia DSM 5 criteria
- Marked fear or anxiety about 2 or more of:
- using public transportation
- being in open spaces
- being in enclosed spaces
- standing in line or being in a crowd
- being outside of the home alone - the ind. fears or avoids these situations because of thoughts of escape might be difficult
- the agoraphobic situations almost always provoke fear or anxiety
- Sistauions are clearly avoided, or endured with intense anxiety
- fear or anxiety is out of proportion to actual danger
- fer or anxiety avoidance is persistent(6 months or more)
- fear or anxiety avoidance causes clinically significant stress or impairment in daily functioning
Social phobia(social anxiety disorder)
Marked by intense and ongoing fear of potentially embarrassing social or preformance situations
Social anxiety is disorder DSM 5 criterion
- Marked fear or anxiety about 1 or more social situations
- Ind. fears he/she will act in a way that will show anxiety symptoms and cause embarrassment
- Social situations almost always provoke fear or anxiety
- social situations are avoided or endure with intense anxiety
- fear or anxiety is out of porportion to actual threat
- Causes clinically significant distress or functional impairment
Preformance only social anxiety disorder
If a person fears only speaking or preforming in public
Specific phobia
Excessive, unreasonable fear of a particular abject or situation
DSM 5 specific phobia criteria
- Marked fear or anxiety about a specific object or sistauion
- The phobic object almost always provokes immediate fear or anxiety
- Avoided or endured with intense fear or anxiety
- out of poportionto actual danger ot threat present
- Persistent avoidance or fear(lasting 6 months or more)
- Clinically significant distress or impairment
5 types of specific phobia
- Animal phobias
- Natural environment phobias
- Blood-injection injury phobias
- Situational phobias
- Other phobias
Animal phobias
Fear of animals, insects, etc.
Natural environment phobias
Fear or surrounding phenomenon: heights, water weather events, etc.