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Exam 4: Anxiety Disorders Flashcards

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most common type of psychiatric disorder
lifetime prevalence ~30&
women twice as likely to experience than men
patients with this have up to 90% comorbidity with other disorders

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anxiety disorder

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3 major categories of anxiety disorders reclassified by DSM-5

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  • anxiety disorders
  • OCD and related disorders
  • trauma related disorders like PTSD
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anxiety symptoms

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  • panic episodes
  • phobic avoidance of anxiety-eliciting stimuli
  • intrusive thoughts or compulsive behaviors
  • damaging negative thinking patterns
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anxiety manifests as…

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restlessness
fatigue
excessive anxiety and worrying
inc muscle aches or soreness
impaired concentration 
irritability 
difficulty sleeping
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what happens in brain - anxiety

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activation of sympathetic nervous system, inc HR, sweating, fight or flight

-intensity varies from felings of vague discomfort to intense sensatios of terror

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why from evolutionary standpoint is a little anxiety beneficial

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keeps you alert, protective

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fear vs anxiety

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fear: emotional response to current threat
anxiety: apprehension about possible future events

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eustress

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low anxiety levels improves performance

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distress

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high anxiety levels impair performance

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3-component model of anxiety

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cyclical interaction of body responses, ineffective behaviors, and upsetting thoughts
- high anxiety can lead to failure, maladaptive coping strategies exacerbate anxiety

can all exacerbate eachother
or you are so overwhelmed that you do nothing which will make it worse

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generalize anxiety disorder (GAD)

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  • individuals show signs of constant worry and continuously predict, anticipate, or imagine dreadful events
  • life is generally stressful, even minor events provoke worry (forgot a pencil even though have a laptop)

-chronic anxiety reduces the individual’s performance on many tasks and decreases pleasure
things no longer fun - chronic sympathetic activation

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panic attacks

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  • individual experiences all effects of a fear reaction without a threatening stimulus
  • strong arousal of sympathetic nervous system

can be mistaken for heart attack
mental and physical symptoms: chest pain, hands numb, inc HR

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panic disorder

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individual experiences both panic attacks and anticipatory anxiety

  • recurring unpredictable panic attacks
  • range from many times a day to one or twice a year
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anticipatory anxiety

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over the possibility of having an attack in a place that is not safe
-impairs daily activity, do not want to go out or do anything

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social anxiety disorder (SAD)

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persistent fear and avoidance of social/performance situations without justification
-onset at young age, half develop symptoms by age 11

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characteristics of social anxiety disorder

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  • fear of situations where you may be judged
  • worrying about embarassing yourself
  • intense fear of talking with strangers
  • sweating, trembling, shaky voice
  • fear being center of attention
  • spending time finding flaws after an event
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agoraphobia

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fear of public places
anxiety being in an unsafe place

  • these ppl have limited lives bc they never leave safety of their homes
  • inc anxiety in everyday situations
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situations ppl with agoraphobia avoid

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  • shopping malls
  • buses, trains, subways
  • wide streets
  • waiting in line
  • crowds
  • elevators
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phobias involve…

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fears that the individual recognizes as irrational
-may focus on specific objects or situations like high places or closed-in spaces, snakes, social situations , public speaking

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what people fear is at least partially determined by…

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culture

pa-leng in chinese culture - changes in body T

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how can phobia be treated

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behavior therapy
behavioral desensitization - exposure therapy
-face fear - start with picture then in same room and then maybe touching fear

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PTSD

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complex patterns of dysfunctional responses following exposure to traumatic experience or event

  • war, school shooting, assault, natural disasters
  • can be victim or someone observing
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PTSD symptoms from 4 categories

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-re-experiencing(flashbacks): remembering event and getting physiological response-sympathetic nervous system

  • avoidance of people/places: avoid triggers
  • negative condition/mood: memory deficits, cognitive, guilt, blame

-arousal: hypervigilance, sleep disturbances, aggression, self-destructive behaviors

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people with PTSD have greater incidences of

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suicide attempts, substance abuse, marital problems, depression, guilt, anger

long term consequences, without intervention it will not go away

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risk factors of PTSD

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-genetic contribution: monozygotic twins, 74% sufferrs had a family member who had a history

  • women have inc incidences than men
  • children of parents with PTSD are at an inc risk
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OCD

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recurring, persistent, intrusive thoughts of contamination, violence, sex, religion that the individual tries to resist but that cause a great deal of anxiety, guilt, and shame

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compulsions

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repetitive rituals to relieve the tremendous anxiety generated by obsessive thoughts

  • actions to relieve anxiety
  • hording, touching a doorknob a certain amount of times before opening
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amygdala and anxiety

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major component of emotion processing circuit
-receives highly processed sensory & cognitive information from thalamus, hippocampus, sensory and association areas

-fear components

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how does amygdala orchestrate fear components of anxiety

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sympathetic nervous system activation, enhanced reflexes, inc vigilance, activation of HPA axis

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amygdala activation of hypothalamus through HPA axis

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stress respons

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amygdala activation of sympathetic arousal, brainstem

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locus coreulus

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amygdala activation o finsula

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monitor internal body state

-feeling uneasy, fast HR

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amygdala and PFC

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modifies attention

-AND PFC can shut down amygdala indirectly - decides if the amygdala is providing a justified response

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amygdala-hippocampus connectivity

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responsible for memory consolidation

  • emotional memory
  • prolonged and sustained-strong memory of when they said the wrong thing
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PFC and Anterior cingulate cortex

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exert inhibitory control over primitive responses of subcortical regions
-long lasting changes prevent inhibition of amygdala - improper activation

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BNST (bed nucleus of stria terminalis) - along ventricles

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initiates behavioral manifestations of anxiety
-when stimuli are not great predictors of danger

projects to similar regions as amygdala (hippocampus, brainstem)

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BNST produces state of…

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sustained preparedness for an unclear danger and prolonged anticipation of unpleasantness
- recruit energy but unclear when danger is coming so you have a prolonged response

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insula shares reciprocal projections with…

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amygdala and BNST

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insula function

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conscious awareness of internal states 
-butterflies in stomach
-racing heart or flushing skin 
interpretation, what am I actually feeling
-are you excited bc puppy or anxious
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brain changes in GAD

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  • inc volume/size of the amygdala
  • more neurons responding to threats

PET scans show: inc amygdala activity with exposure to neg stimuli
more threat messages sent out

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brain changes in GAD

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  • inc volume/size of the amygdala
  • more neurons responding to threats

PET scans show: inc amygdala activity with exposure to neg stimuli
more threat messages sent out

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brain activity during a panic attack

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-inc activity in insula while recalling mental/physical distress of panic attack
inc awareness of changes in PNS

escalation of anxiety and fear associated with inc amygdala activity - overreaction

dec PFC activity - cannot suppress the amygdala
- inability to control emotions

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brain changes in PTSD

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  • smaller hippocampus: unsure why, may be vulnerability factor
  • smaller anterior cingulate cortex and medial PFC
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what do the anterior cingulate cortex and medial PFC normally do

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inhibit amygdala and establish extinction of conditioned emotional responses

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faulty fear extinction in PTSD patients

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-continued amygdala activation/hyperactivity
-inability to extinguish fear response
-reduced activity in vmPFC
no ability to turn off amygdala

do not learn that things you shouldn’t be afraid of are not scary

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amygdala and mPFC in PTSD

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hyperactivity of amygdala in response to threatening imagery - positively correlated with symptom severity

reduced mPFC activity and hippocampal formation
-inversely correlated with symptom severity

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