Mental Health Exam 4 - Anxiety Disorders Flashcards
1
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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
2
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Fear
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Response to stress
3
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Model of Anxiety with 4 levels
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Developed by Peplau Mild Anxiety Moderate Anxiety Severe Anxiety Panic
4
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Mild Anxiety S/S
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5
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Moderate Anxiety S/S
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6
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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
7
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Panic
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8
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Etiology
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Limbic System
Neurtransmitters
GABA - MAIN one
9
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Freud Theory
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Defense mechanisms defend against anxiety
10
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Behavioral
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Anxiety is learned
11
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Cognitive
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Anxiety results from negative thinking
12
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Sullivan
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Anxiety results from unmet needs early relationships
13
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Agoraphobia
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Instense fear about being places from which there is no escape or help.
14
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Phobia
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Specific, irrational fear about an activity, object or stimulation
Systematic desensitzation best to treat phobia
15
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Social Phobia
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