Chapters 6, 7

Question 1

Gender differences with anxiety?

Answer 1

3x - specific phobias

2x - agoraphobia and panic

Question 2

Preparedness model

Answer 2

We are biologically prepared to develop phobias selectively to certain stimuli because doing so has evolutionary value

Question 3

Anxiety medications

Answer 3

Benzodiazepines

Question 4

Trichotillomania

Answer 4

recurrent hair pulling

Question 5

excoriation disorder

Answer 5

repeated skin picking

Question 6

Brain regions associated with OCD?

Answer 6

• Basal ganglia
• Orbital PFC
• Anterior cingulate cortex

Question 7

biological treatments of OCD

Answer 7

SSRI, tricyclic antidepressant, Chlorimiprimine

Question 8

Acute Stress Disorder (ASD)

Answer 8

occurs within the first FOUR weeks after exposure to trauma

Question 9

PTSD prevention through early intervention

Answer 9

individual counseling and/or group counseling… discussions ASAP. Social support = crucial

Question 10

critical incident stress debriefing (CISD) for PTSD

Answer 10

1-5 hr group meeting with people sharing the same experience (no empirical evidence supporting this)

Question 11

Dissociative disorders

Answer 11

persistent, maladaptive disruptions in the integration of memory, consciousness, perception, or identity

Question 12

Dissociative identity disorder (DID)

Answer 12

hypothesized to be related to past trauma (such as chronic physical and sexual child abuse)

• 2 or > distinct personality states that take control over behavior w/ memory loss occurring

Question 13

Dissociative amnesia

Answer 13

sudden inability to remember important personal information

Question 14

Dissociative fugue

Answer 14

sudden, unplanned (but purposeful) travel away from home

Question 15

Depersonalization/derealization disorder

Answer 15

persistent feelings of being detached from oneself or social/physical environment

Question 16

abreaction

Answer 16

the emotional reliving of past traumatic experiences is thought to allow integration of the trauma into conscious experiences

Question 17

latrogenesis

Answer 17

the manufacture of a disorder by its treatments

Question 18

Conversion Disorder

Answer 18

• Symptoms mimic neurological disorders
• Make no anatomic sense
• Implies that PSYCHOLOGICAL conflicts are being converted into PHYSICAL symptoms

Question 19

Somatic Symptom Disorder

Answer 19

• At least one and usually several somatic complaints (can be real)
• Symptoms presented in a histrionic matter
• Often begins in adolescence

Question 20

Illness Anxiety Disorder

Answer 20

• Fear/belief that one is suffering from a physical illness

- Physical symptoms are absent or minor

Question 21

Malingering

Answer 21

Pretending to have an illness in order to achieve some external gain

Question 22

Factitious disorder (self)

Answer 22

individual imposes deceptive practices designed to produce signs of illness on self

Question 23

Factitious disorder (on another)

Answer 23

normally mother on child