Disorders of Anxiety Flashcards
What is anxiety?
The anticipation of some future threat, often associated with worry, vigilance, and muscle tension; anxiety is different from, but typically related to, the emotion of fear and the physiological consequences of sympathetic activation (flight-or-fight response)
What is anxiety disorders?
A class of disorders in which the primary/dominant symptom is excessive or unrealistic anxiety.
What is free-floating anxiety?
Anxiety that is unrelated to any specific and known cause.
What is a phobia?
An irrational, persistent fear of an object, situation, or social activity.
What is social anxiety disorder (social phobia)?
A fear of interacting with others or being in social situations that might lead to a negative emotion. Afraid of being evaluated in some negative way by others so they avoid situations that may be embarrassing. Very self-conscious. Stage fright and public speaking, etc
What is a specific phobia?
A fear of objects or specific situations or events.
What is Agoraphobia?
A fear of being in a place or situation from which escape is difficult or impossible if something should go wrong. This fear often leads to avoidance of certain places or situations. Crowded places, open spaces, public transportation or being alone outside the home.
What is a panic attack?
A sudden onset of intense panic in which multiple physical symptoms of stress occur, often with feelings that one is dying.
What are the physical symptoms of a panic attack?
Racing heart, rapid breathing, a sensation of being ‘out of ones body’, dulled hearing and vision, sweating, and a dry mouth.
What is a panic disorder?
A disorder in which panic attacks occur more than once or repeatedly, and cause persistent worry or changes in behaviour. Changes in behavior to avoid attacks. Fear of it happening again.
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
A disorder in which a person has feelings of dread and impending doom along with physical symptoms of stress, which lasts 6 months or more. They worry excessively about day-to-day things as well as things no one else would worry about. Cant control the feeling.
What are the symptoms of Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
Feel tense and edgy, get tired easily, and trouble concentrating. They have muscles aches, sleeping problems, and get often irritable.
What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)?
A disorder in which intruding, recurring thoughts or obsessions create anxiety that is relieved by performing a repetitive, ritualistic behaviour or mental act (compulsion). The compulsions are meant to lower the anxiety caused by the thought.
What are the symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?
The distress caused by a failure to successfully complete the compulsion is defining OCD.
What is Acute Stress Disorder (ASD)?
A disorder resulting from exposure to a major stressor. No longer than one month
