Differentiating Anxiety Disorders

Question 1

Concerns with real or imagined separating from attachment figures.

Answer 1

Separation Anxiety Disorder

Question 2

Separation may lead to extreme anxiety and panic attacks

Answer 2

Separation Anxiety Disorder

Question 3

This isn’t entirely responsible for school absences or school avoidance however they sometimes do not attend school so they won’t be separated with
their attachment figure.

Answer 3

Separation Anxiety Disorder

Question 4

Fear of possible separation is the central thought.

Answer 4

Separation Anxiety Disorder

Question 5

Concerned about the proximity and safety of key attachment figures.

Answer 5

Separation Anxiety Disorder

Question 6

Develops after life stress, bullying and a history of parental overprotection and intrusiveness.

Answer 6

Separation Anxiety Disorder

Question 7

T or F

Separation Anxiety Disorder is heritable.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Highly co-morbid with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Specific Phobia in children.

Answer 8

Separation Anxiety Disorder

Question 9

For Adults, common comorbidities inc. phobia, PTSD, Panic Disorder, GAD, SAD, Agora, OCD, Prolonged Grief Disorder, PD (Dependent, Avoidant, and OCPD), MDE and Bipolar Disorders.

Answer 9

Separation Anxiety Disorder

Question 10

The required time to diagnose Separation Anxiety Disorder.

Answer 10

Atleast more than 4 weeks (children) or 6 months or more (adults).

Question 11

This is a rare childhood disorder.

Answer 11

Selective Mutism

Question 12

Characterized by a lack of speech in one or more setting in which speaking is socially expected.

Answer 12

Selective Mutism

Question 13

The required time to diagnose Selective Mutism.

Answer 13

Atleast 1 Month.

Question 14

This is characterized by a lack of speech in one or more setting in which speaking is socially expected.

Answer 14

Selective Mutism

Question 15

This disorder is limited to a specific social situation.

Answer 15

Selective Mutism

Question 16

A child could speak in one setting but cannot/do not in another setting.

Answer 16

Selective Mutism

Question 17

This is only diagnosed when a child has established a capacity to speak in some social situations.

Answer 17

Selective Mutism

Question 18

Learn to perform avoidance and safety behaviors to avoid situations that they deem as disasters.

Answer 18

Selective Mutism

Question 19

Children with this disorder are almost always given an addtl. Diagnosis of another anxiety disorder (usually, Social Anxiety).

Answer 19

Selective Mutism

Question 20

Increased abnormalities in the auditory efferent neural activity during vocalization.

Answer 20

Selective Mutism

Question 21

Parents are described to be overprotective or more controlling when their child has this disorder.

Answer 21

Selective Mutism

Question 22

The required time to diagnose specific phobias.

Answer 22

6 months or more.

Question 23

Irrational fear of a specific object or situation that markedly interferes with an individual’s ability to function.

Answer 23

Specific Phobia

Question 24

Acquired through direct experience, experiencing in false alarm, and observation

Answer 24

Specific Phobia

Question 25

If someone has a strong fear only of flying, and no fear of elevators, crowds, or being alone, then it’s not agoraphobia. Since the fear is limited to just one situation, the correct diagnosis would be what?

Answer 25

Specific Phobia

Question 26

This usually develops during childhood.

Answer 26

Specific Phobia

Question 27

Some people might be born with a higher risk of developing certain types of phobias because of their genes.

Answer 27

Specific Phobia

Question 28

Which gender is Animal, Natural Environment, and Situational-Specific Phobias is more common?

Answer 28

Women

Question 29

Which gender is Blood-Injection-Injury Phobia is more common?

Answer 29

None, it's equal.

Question 30

Increased risk for the development of other disorder such as other Anxiety Disorders, Depressive and Bipolar Disorders, Substance-Related Disorders, Somatic Disorders, and PD.

Answer 30

Specific Phobia

Question 31

Fear or anxiety about possible embarrassment or scrutiny.

Answer 31

Social Anxiety Disorder

Question 32

Can have panic attacks but it is cued by social situations.

Answer 32

Social Anxiety Disorder

Question 33

Typically have adequate age-appropriate social relationships and social communication capacity.

Answer 33

Social Anxiety Disorder

Question 34

Hallmark physical response of Social Anxiety Disorder

Answer 34

Blushing

Question 35

Difficulty peeing in public restrooms or with people nearby. (Social Anxiety Disorder)

Answer 35

Paruresis

Question 36

Social Anxiety Disorder may result to Major Depressive Disorder due to this.

Answer 36

Chronic Isolation

Question 37

This disorder is frequently co-morbid with Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Avoidant Personality Disorder.

Answer 37

Social Anxiety Disorder

Question 38

In children, comorbidities with high-functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder and Selective Mutism are common.

Answer 38

Social Anxiety Disorder

Question 39

The required time to diagnose **Social Anxiety Disorder**.

Answer 39

6 months or more.

Question 40

Panic Disorder cannot be diagnosed unless these were experienced.

Answer 40

Full symptom Panic Attacks.

Question 41

In which norepinephrine activities are irregular.

Answer 41

Panic Disorder

Question 42

Abrupt surge of intense fear or discomfort out of nowhere, with no triggers.

Answer 42

Panic Disorder

Question 43

A person with this Disorder doesn’t just have a panic attack and move on. They begin to live in fear of the next one, and that fear disrupts their life—through constant worry and unhealthy avoidance behaviors.

Answer 43

Panic Disorder

Question 44

Which gender is Panic Disorder more common?

Answer 44

Women

Question 45

The required time to diagnose **Panic Disorder**.

Answer 45

1 month or more

Question 46

Developed after a person has unexpected panic attacks.

Answer 46

Agoraphobia

Question 47

The required time to diagnose Agoraphobia.

Answer 47

6 months or more

Question 48

Fear in two or more situations *(public transpo, open spaces, enclosed spaces, standing in line, being outside of the home alone)* due to thoughts that escape might be difficult or no one will help them in case panic-like symptoms would manifest

Answer 48

Agoraphobia

Question 49

This has the strongest and most specific association with the genetic factor that represent proneness to phobia.

Answer 49

Agoraphobia

Question 50

How much percentage of individuals with agoraphobia also have other mental disorder?

Answer 50

90%

Question 51

An Anxiety Disorder wherein an individual has difficulty to control worry.

Answer 51

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Question 52

The required time to diagnose **Generalized Anxiety Disorder**.

Answer 52

6 months or more

Question 53

Excessive anxiety and worry occurring more days than not for at least 6 months, about a number of events or activities

Answer 53

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Question 54

Is commonly affected with the phrase “the world is a dangerous place”

Answer 54

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Question 55

Intense cognitive processing in the frontal lobes, particularly in the left hemisphere.

Answer 55

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Question 56

Which anxiety disorder is characterized by intense, excessive worrying that may act as a form of avoidance, often involving concerns about being judged or evaluated, and is associated with an overactive fear circuit in the brain?

Answer 56

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Question 57

Decreased GABA activity. ## Footnote GABA plays a crucial role in reducing excitability and promoting a calming effect.

Answer 57

Generalized Anxiety Disorder