Mental Health Exam 4 - Anxiety Disorders

Question 1

Anxiety

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Most commonly diagnosed MH disorders!
Universal human experience from real or perceived threat. Results in feeling of uneasiness or dread.
Culture varies how it is manifested

Question 2

Fear

Answer 2

Response to stress

Question 3

Model of Anxiety with 4 levels

Answer 3

Developed by Peplau
Mild Anxiety
Moderate Anxiety
Severe Anxiety
Panic

Question 4

Mild Anxiety S/S

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Question 5

Moderate Anxiety S/S

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Question 6

Severe Anxiety S/S

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Very reduced perceptual field
Scattered or very limited ability to focus
Cannot problem-solve
Behavior is automatic
Physical symptoms:
pounding heart
dizziness
hyperventilation
nausea
impending doom

Question 7

Panic

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Question 8

Etiology

Answer 8

Limbic System
Neurtransmitters
GABA - MAIN one

Question 9

Freud Theory

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Defense mechanisms defend against anxiety

Question 10

Behavioral

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Anxiety is learned

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Cognitive

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Anxiety results from negative thinking

Question 12

Sullivan

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Anxiety results from unmet needs early relationships

Question 13

Agoraphobia

Answer 13

Instense fear about being places from which there is no escape or help.

Question 14

Phobia

Answer 14

Specific, irrational fear about an activity, object or stimulation

Systematic desensitzation best to treat phobia

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Social Phobia

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Question 16

Panic Attack

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Sudden onset of intense feeling of fear, apprehension and impending doom.
Fear they are having a heart attack or going to die.
Can occur with or without agoraphobia (people can develop agoraphobia because they are afraid to leave their house because they are afraid of having a panic attack in public)

Question 17

Obsession

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persistent and recurrent thought that cannot be dismissed

Question 18

Compulsion

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ritualistic behavior than an individual feels he must do in order to relieve anxiety

Question 19

Flashbacks

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Dissociate experience related to previous traumatic life event

Question 20

Anxiety Therapies

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Question 21

Panic disorder

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Question 22

Phobias

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Question 23

OCD

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Question 24

Generalized Anxiety disorder

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Question 25

PTSD

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Question 26

Acute Stress disorder

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Question 27

Substance Abuse Anxiety Disorder

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Question 28

Anxiety due to medical conditions

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Hypoxia or Disorders that create "air hunger"

Question 29

Medication Treatment

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