Disorders Flashcards
What are the goals of compulsions
to reduce anxiety or prevent an undesirable situation from happening. Often excessive and not connected in a realistic way to the goal.
Mean age of onset for specific phobia is
10 years old
Most common comorbid disorders with OCD
Anxiety disorders followed by depressive or bipolar disorder, impulse control disorder, and substance use disorder
How long must sxs last for a diagnosis of Separation Anxiety Disorder for children & adolescents and for adults
at least 4 weeks in children and adolescents, at least 6 months in adults
Most prevalent mental disorders worldwide
Anxiety Disorders
_____% of people with OCD have co-morbid disorders
90
Specifiers for specific phobia include
Animal, natural environment (lighting, heights), blood-injection-injury (seeing blood, having invasive medical procedure), situational (bridges, elevators), other (vomiting, choking, catching illness)
Why is combining in vivo exposure with relaxation or cognitive techniques not really effective in significantly improving outcomes for treatment of Agoraphobia
Because the person needs to be exposed and learn to tolerate high levels of fear or anxiety
Lower than normal levels of _______ and elevated activity in _______ ______ ___________ and _________ are linked to OCD
Serotonin; caudate nucleus, orbitofrontal cortex, cingulate gyrus, and thalamus
Deliberately exposing a person to physical sxs associated with panic attacks including having the person run, spin in circle, breath through a straw
interoceptive exposure to treat panic attacks
Used as a treatment for blood-infection-injury phobias
Applied tension—repeatedly tensing and relaxing the body’s large muscle groups to increase pressure and prevent fainting
Mowrer’s 2 Factor Theory explains that the development of phobias is a combination of
Classical conditioning and Operant conditioning
What are treatments for Phobias
Exposure and Response Prevention, flooding, graded/graduated exposure
Repetitive bxs or mental acts that a person feels the drive to perform. Rigid rules typically apply
Compulsions
Preoccupation with a perceived defect or flaw in physical appearance which isn’t observable or appears minor to others
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Sxs of Agoraphobia must be persistent for at least __________ months
6
First line treatment for Social Anxiety are
CBT and Antidepressants (SSRI and SNRI)
Hyperthyroidism, cardiac arrhythmia, and other conditions should be ruled out before diagnosing this disorder
Panic Disorder
___________ have earlier age of onset for OCD and slightly higher prevalence rates in childhood
males
3 reasons why a person fears or avoids situations when they have agoraphobia
fear that escape will be difficult, that help with be unavailable, fear that it will be embarrassing
Combined ERP and __________ is most effective in circumstances when issues are severe, to help with comorbid sxs, and when treatments haven’t been effective individually
SSRI
Fear or anxiety reactions to at least one social situation in which someone could be exposed to scrutiny
Social Anxiety
Recurrent, unexpected panic attacks with at least one attack being followed by at least _________ month(s) of persistent concern about having an additional attack or maladaptive change in bx related to the attack
1 Month (Panic Disorder)
_________ Conditioning is when a previously neutral object/event becomes a conditioned stimulus and elicits a conditioned response after being paired with an unconditioned stimulus
Classical conditioning