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Chapter Five: Anxiety Disorders Flashcards

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Fear

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Immediate alarm reaction to danger

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Anxiety

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Negative mood state characterized by bodily symptoms or physical tension and apprehension about the future

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Genetic inheritance is

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Polygenetic

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Decreased…

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GABA

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System involved…

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Serotonergic

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CRF

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Genes can increase the likelihood that this sysytem is turned on
-CRF is involved in turning on the HPA Axis

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Teens who smoke have…

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A greater risk of developing an anxiety disorder

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Limbic System: BIS

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Behavioural Inhibition System

  • Activation at the prospect of danger
  • Freeze, experience anxiety, evaluate the situation with anxiety
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Limbic System: FFS

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Fight or flight system

-Immediate alarm-escape response

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Limbic System: Major brain structure

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Amygdala

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Psychological Vulnerabilities

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  • Personality traits
  • Behavioural tendencies
  • Temperament (calm, reactive, sensitive, fidgety, etc.)
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Social Vulnerabilities

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Stressful life events

  • Death, injury, divorce
  • Can trigger biological/psychological vulnerabilities
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Most people have…

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More than one anxiety disorder

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Comorbidities

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MDD

Suicide

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Gender

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More females than males

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Physical Illness Comorbidity

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Thyroid problems, respiratory problems, gastrointestinal problems, migraines, allergies

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Triple Vulnerability Model

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  1. Generalized biological vulnerability
  2. Generalized psychological vulnerability
  3. Specific Psychological vulnerability
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Panic Attack

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An abrupt experience of intense fear and discomfort, accompanied by unpleasant physical symptoms

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Panic Attack Symptoms

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MUST HAVE 4 OF THE FOLLOWING

  • Increased heart rate, palpitations
  • Sweating
  • Trembling
  • Shortness of breath
  • Choking
  • Chest pain
  • Nauseas/dizziness
  • Chills/heat
  • PARESTHESIAS (numbness)
  • Derealization/depersonalization
  • Fear of losing control
  • Dear of dying
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GAD

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Excessive anxiety/worry for more days than not, about work, family, appointments, etc.

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GAD duration

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-6 months

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GAD Course

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Chronic

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GAD Onset

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Early and Gradual

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Gender

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2/3 females

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GAD symptoms

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  • restlessness
  • fatigue
  • irritability
  • muscle tension
  • difficulty concentrating
  • sleep disturbances
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GAD Drug Treatment

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  • Benzodiazepines

- Antidepressants

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GAD

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CBT

  • Exposure to excessive worry
  • Coping strategies
  • Confront anxieties, causes
  • Provoking images
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Specific Phobia

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-Extreme fear in the presence of a phobic stimulus

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SP Symptoms

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  • most people arrange their life around the phobia
  • causes an immediate fear (to be in the presence of the stimulus)
  • out of proportion to a “normal reaction”
  • Actively avoided
  • Causes clinical distress
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SP Specifiers

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  1. Animal type (dogs)
  2. Situational (elevator, airplane)
  3. Natural Environment (hurricane, heights)
  4. Blood-Injection-Injury
  5. Other (clowns)
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SP Gender

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Much more prevalent in females

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SP Course

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Chronic

-Few people seek treatment

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SP Cause

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  1. Vicarious (saw someone experience something)
  2. Stress/Trigger (Got a false alarm when the stimulus was present, turned into a phobia)
  3. Trauma/true alarm
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SP treatment

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CBT

  • Systematic Desensitization
  • Exposure Therapy
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Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD)

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Marked fear or anxiety about one or more social situations in which the person is exposed possible public scrutiny

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SAD Symptoms

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  • Fear of humiliation
  • Social situations provoke fear
  • Fear is out of proportion
  • Social situations are often avoided
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SAD Duration

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6 months or more

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SAD Specifier

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Performance only specifier

-Linked to public speaking or performing

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SAD Prevalence

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MOST COMMON disorder in the US

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SAD age of onset

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15 years

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SAD Drug treatment

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Antidepressants

  • SSRI: PAXIL
  • MAO
  • Tricyclic
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SAD treatment

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CBT

  • Rehearsal
  • Role-play
  • Group therapy
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Panic Disorder (PD)

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The experience of severe/unexpected panic attacks

-Some develop agorophobia

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PD Symptoms

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  • Persistent worry about additional attacks

- Use of behaviours to avoid attacks (avoidance of exercise, unfamiliar places)

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PD Drug treatment

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  • Benzo
  • Paxil
  • Prozac
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PD treatment

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CBT

  • Anxiety coping
  • Relaxation/breathing exercises
  • Panic control (fake a panic attack-learn to control)
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Agoraphobia (A)

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  • Marked intense fear of developing a panic attack when:
    1. On public transport
    2. Open spaces (parking lot)
    3. Enclosed spaces (cinema)
    4. Crowds, Lines
    5. Outside/home alone
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A duration

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6 months

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A Symptoms

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Situations cause out of proportion fear

  • active avoidance
  • dependance on drugs/alcohol is common
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A Treatment

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-Same as PD

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