Chapter 6 Flashcards
Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
1/9 American adults experience a ________ _______ each year.
Panic attack
Disorder where anxiety about being in places or situations from which escape would be difficult
Agoraphobia
The _______- ________ theory that pavlovian conditioning establishes a phobia while operant contingencies maintain it.
Two-factor theory
Phobias effect ____% of the population; woman are diagnosed ______ as often as men.
12%; twice as often
_________ conditioning is based on observing the responses of others.
Vicarious
___ _______ exposure, or exposure to the feared stimulus, is the therapy of choice for phobias.
In vivo exposure
30% of people with OCD also have _______ disorder
Tic
OCD has a lifetime prevalence around ___% of the population. (USA 12 month prevalence is 1.2%)
2.5%.
A psychosurgical treatment for OCD when the fibers connecting the anterior cingulate cortex to the frontal lobes are severed.
Cingulotomy
Body Dysmorphic Disorder affects approximately ____% of the population and up to ___% in dermatological settings.
2.5%; 15%
Two frontline treatments for Body dysmorphic disorder are
SSRI’s and CBT
What is Trichotillomania?
Hair pulling disorder
What is excoriation disorder?
Skin picking
Treatments for ________ inlclude behavioral and cognitive-behavioral therapy, virtual reality exposure therapy, SSRI antidepressants, controlled exposure and habituation.
Agoraphobia
______ Is the fear of acting in a way that might be embarrassing.
Social anxiety disorder
