Lesson 5 - Anxiety Flashcards
a negative mood state characterized by bodily symptoms of physical tension and by apprehension about the future
Anxiety
an immediate emotional reaction to current danger characterized by strong escapist action tendencies and, often, a surge in the sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system
Fear
an abrupt experience of intense fear or acute discomfort, accompanied by physical symptoms that usually include heart palpitations, chest pain, shortness of breath, and, possibly, dizziness.
Panic Attack
Panic attacks may be: ____ or ______
Unexpected or Expected
DSM-5 criteria specify that at least 6 months of excessive anxiety and worry must be ongoing more days than not. It must be difficult to turn off or control the worry process
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Marked fear or anxiety about two or more of the following five situations: Public transportation, open spaces, enclosed places, standing in line or being in a crowd, being outside the home alone.
Agoraphobia
a fear and avoidance of situations considered to be “unsafe”
Agoraphobia
concentrates on exposing patients with panic disorder to the cluster of interoceptive (physical) sensations that remind them of their panic attacks. The therapist attempts to create “mini” panic attacks in the office by having the patients exercise to elevate their heart rates or perhaps by spinning them in a chair to make them dizzy.
Panic control treatment (PCT)
an irrational fear of a specific object or situation that markedly interferes with an individual’s ability to function.
Specific Phobia
Marked fear or anxiety about one or more social situations in which the person is exposed to possible scrutiny by others.
Social Anxiety Disorder
When memories occur suddenly, accompanied by strong emotion, and the victims find themselves reliving the event
Flashbacks
disturbed and developmentally inappropriate behaviors in children, emerging before five years of age, in which the child is unable or unwilling to form normal attachment relationships with caregiving adults.
Attachment Disorders
intrusive and mostly nonsensical thoughts, images, or urges that the individual tries to resist or eliminate.
Obsessions
the thoughts or actions used to suppress the obsessions and provide relief.
Compulsions
a preoccupation with some imagined defect in appearance by someone who actually looks reasonably normal
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
