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anxiety disorders

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  • seperation anxiety disorder
  • selective mutism
  • specific phobia
  • social anxiety disorder
  • panic disorder
  • panic attack
  • agoraphobia
  • generalized anxiety disorder
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Dalton Sherman

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“I can do anything because you believe in me”

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Diana Nyad

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  • tried to beat her long distance swimming record

- got stung by a jelly fish and couldn’t finish her swim

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Joe Kowan

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-beat stage fright by singing about stagefright

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phobic avoidance

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-avoiding what you fear at all costs, can affect your life if you’re avoiding normal day to day activities bc of your phobia

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negative reinforcement

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a response or behavior is strengthened by stopping, removal or avoiding a negative outcome or aversive stimulus

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anxiety

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  • anxiety prompts avoidance, avoidance reinforces anxiety
  • anxiety is a universal human experience
  • anxiety disorders are exaggerated, persistent, and interfere with functioning
  • anxiety disorders area month the most prevalent of all mental health problems
  • account for 1/2 mental health costs
  • affect 19 mil adults in US
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agoraphobia

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fear of marketplace; feel that the space they live in is getting smaller and smaller; feel trapped in their own home

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most common anxiety disorders

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specific phobia, social phobia

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etiology of phobias

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  • forbidden sexual/agressive impulses displaced into feared object
  • threat is avoided by acvoiding object
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specific phobias

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extreme fear of a specific object or situation; a phobia not classified as agoraphobia or social phobia

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prepared learning

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explains why certain associations are learned more readily than others; phobias related to survival

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symptom substitution

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the development of a symptom to replace one that has cleared up as a result of treatment

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Dr. B’s childhood phobia

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ducks

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social phobias

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intense, excessive fear of being scrutinized, judged, or embraced in one or more social situations

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phobia treatment

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have client face their phobia

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flooding vs systematic desensitization

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flooding: a lot of exposure at once

systematic desensitization: exposure over time

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generalized anxiety disorder

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characterized by milder anxiety-evoking thoughts; “chronic pathological worry”

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obsessive compulsive disorder

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-recurrent and persistent intrusive thoughts and behaviors

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OCD vs OCPD

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OCPD is a personality disorder

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CBT vs insight oriented therapies

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Cognitive-Behavioral Perspective•How superstitious behavior is learned; rituals•Negative reinforcement and anxiety reduction (very powerful)•Behavioral models and social learningTreatment: Exposure & Response Prevention•Extinguish association between obsessions and compulsions: Trigger obsession (exposure), prevent response behavior; teach substitute response behaviors; goal-setting, reinforcement•Teach relaxation response, coping & stress management•Identify & modify irrational thoughts, teach thought-stopping, thought substitution, positive imagery, distraction

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post traumatic stress disorder

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stress disorder triggered by a past tragic event

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panic disorder

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characterized by intense fear accompanied by bodily sensations

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systematic muscle relaxation

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tensing and relaxing your muscles

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dissociation
describes a wide range of alterations to consciousness, experience as mild detachment from the environment to extreme detachment from the self
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states of consciousness
Most individuals have experienced a dissociative state at some point in their lives. - talking to a friend, realize you blanked out and missed half the conversation- drove home on "auto-pilot" - dissociation of this sort is normal from time to time, but may still be stress-related.
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reducing dissociation/increasing mindfulness
reduce stress
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yoga
helps relax body and reduce stress
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dissociative fugue
reversible amnesia for peresonlity identity
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depersonalization
when you feel like you're observing yourself from ourside your body
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derealization
when experiences don't feel real
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dissociative identity disorder
• Multiple personalities that alternate in presentation• Historical changes in patterns - gender distribution, abuse hx, prevalence• No objective dx measures• Iatrogenic factors
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iatrogenic effects
harmful effects that occur during treatment
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hypnosis
•Hypnosis can produce iatrogenic effects Hypnosis is a state of consciousness characterized by:–Deep relaxation–Suggestibility -- very dangerous–Changes in pain perception -- very usefulMemories under hypnosis are notmore accurate than during alert wakefulness.
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stress
a psychophysical response
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stressors
stimuli or events that trigger efforts to cope; experiences perceived as harmful, threatening, or challenging
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types of stress
- stress from catastrophic or tragic event | - daily stresses (more killer)
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contributors to stress
- daily stressors: traffic, job stress, noise, pollution | - catastrophic event: tragedy, loss of a loved one
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stress reactions
emotional vs problem solving response to stess | fight or flight
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indirect and direct effects of stress on health
indirect: not going to gym, eating unhealthy, drinking etc bc you're stressed direct: stress effects immune system
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SAM and HPA systems
•Sympatho-adreno-medullary (SAM) System•The body’s initial, rapid-acting response to stress (Fight-or-flight response)•release of epinephrine and norepinephrine fr adrenal medulla•Immediate; body not built to withstand prolonged use of this system` Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) System•The body’s delayed (by minutes or hours) response to stress•secretion of corticosteroid hormones fr adrenal cortex•Activates to prevent damage from SAM system; exhausts more easily than SAM (insufficiencies; allostatic load)•Issues of evolutionary adaptation
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transactional model of stress and coping
experience of stress depends as much on how an event is appraised
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kelly mcgonial
stress is only bad for yo if you believe it is
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emotion focused coping
changing the stress responsie
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problem focused coping
changing the stressor
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maladaptive vs adaptive coping
maladaptive coping affects functioning in your life
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active vs avoidant coping
dealing with the stress head on vs putting off dealing with the stress
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how to relax
release oxytocin, yoga, muscle relaxation
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oxytocin
cuddle drug, reduces stress
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mood disorders
depression and mania: DSM • separates the mood disorders into -Depressive Disorders-Bipolar and Related Disorders
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depressed mood
sad, low, blue, empty, hopeless, anhedonic, or irritable
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manic/hypomanic mood
euphoric, elevated, expansive, or irritable
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normal vs abnormal mood states
abnormal if extreme, unusual or maladaptive
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depression vs mania
depression: very low mood, feeling empty and hopeless mania: euphoric, elevated mood or irritable
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eeyore vs tigger
eeyore is example of depressive state and tigger is example of mania
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anhedonia
inability to feel pleasure
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irritability
being easily irritated
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social withdraw
ceasing to interact with others, avoiding social situations
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schizoaffective disorder
a chronic mental health condition characterized primarily by symptoms of schizophrenia, such as hallucinations or delusions, and symptoms of a mood disorder, such as mania and depression.
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gender difference in depression
depression rates higher in women
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ted talk on ECT
-electroshock therapy treating and curing depression
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SCTK three good things
reduces depressive episodes, come up with a list of three good things about your day
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SCTK oxytocin
oxytocin is released when receiving hugs or playing with puppies
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dysthymic disorder
Chronic, relatively continual (not clear episodes)Sx most of the day more days than notfor min 2 years•Can have co-existing major depressionYearly, 10% have their first major depressive episode
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bipolar 1
• one manic episode• hypomanic and depressive episodes both very common in Bipolar I Disorder, but only manic episode is required for diagnosis.
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Bipolar II
• one hypomanic episode (or more)• one depressive episode (or more)• no manic episodes
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Beck's cognitive triad
three key elements of a person's belief system present in depression; negative views about the world, negative views about oneself, negative views about the future
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beck's depression inventory
21 question self report inventory
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mood disorder comorbidity
presence of two or more mood disorders in a patient
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permpartum specifier
an onset of symptoms during pregnancy or within 4 weeks of delivery
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rapid cycling
a pattern of frequent, distinct episodes in bipolar disorder
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hypomania
a mood state characterized by persistent disinhibition and mood elevation (euphoria), with behavior that is noticeably different from the person's typical behavior when in a non-depressed state
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suicide
-men are more likely to use extreme methods (gun)

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