Midterm 1 Flashcards
Concurrent disorder
people who have addiction or substance abuse disorder, or psychiatric disorder. living with two mental health problems, one of them is substance abuse disorder.
Fear
A negative emotional state in response to real or perceived imminent threat to the self. Present focused
Anxiety
A negative emotional state that stems from anticipation of future threat to the self. Future focused.
What is a Cognitive Component of Anxiety
Subjective perception of anxious arousal and associated cognitive processes. Examples: worry and ruminations. Over estimation of harm
What is a Physiological Component of Anxiety
Heightened level of arousal and physiological activation. Examples: ↑ heart rate, shortness of breath, dry mouth
What is a Behavioural Component of Anxiety
‘Safety’ behaviours
Avoidance. People who are socially anxious avoid social situations to avoid others, and end up not going anywhere. Worsens the anxious experience.
What are way people combat behavioural component of anxiety
Exposure response prevention, or exposure therapy. Face your fears
When does anxiety become a problem?
anxiety must be chronic, relatively intense, associated with role impairment, and causing significant distress for self or others
What factor is important to anxiety to be a problem
Situational factors are important because it is normal to feel anxious in those situations that are truly upsetting or when there are actual threats to survival.
what is the base cognitive model of anxiety
Triggering situation -> Anxious Thought/Appraisal -> Anxious Feeling
what is the high anxiety
High anxiety = High threat probability/severity + low coping and safety
what is the low anxiety
Low anxiety = low threat probability/severity + high coping and safety
what is the moderate anxiety
Moderate = neutral threat probability/severity + neutral coping and safety
what is Catastrophizing and an example
way of thinking that assumes things are worse than they are or will have a far worse outcome than is realistic
“It is the end of the world if I get turned down when I ask for a date.”
what is Overgeneralizing and an example
someone expects something negative to happen in all situations because of a previous negative experience
“I didn’t get a good grade on this test. I can’t get anything right.”
what is Selective abstraction
Only seeing specific details of the situation (e.g., Seeing the negatives but missing the positive details). could be triggering situation. More they believe likely to be harm, more believe they dont have the tools with situation feel most anxious.
what is specific phobia
Marked fear or anxiety about a specific about or situation (e.g., flying heights)
what is social anxiety disorder (social phobia)
marked fear or anxiety about one or more social situations in which the individual is exposed to possible scrutiny by others. example include social intentions, being observed and performing in front of others
what are socially anxious people
are highly aware of the image they present to others. are high in public self-consciousness.
are preoccupied with a need to seem perfect and not make mistakes in front of other people.
People who experience phobias or social anxiety disorder are more likely to?
attend to negative stimuli; interpret ambiguous information as threatening; and believe that negative events are more likely than positive ones to reoccur.
Engage in post-event processing of negative social experiences.
Cognitive-behavioral models link SAD with certain cognitive characteristics?
Attentional bias to focus on negative social information. Perfectionistic standards for accepted social performances. High degree of public self-consciousness
what are high risk days
days on which young adults used substances (alcohol/cannabis) to cope with social anxiety. linked to heavier alcohol use
what was greater perceived positive alcohol consequences
lower NA (e.g., forget my worries). More PA and social experiences (e.g., sociability, better mood)
is a panic attack a mental disorder
No. But they can occur in the context of any anxiety disorder as well as other mental disorders and some medical conditions
What may a panic attack person also experience
depersonalization (a feeling of being outside one’s body). derealization (a feeling of the world not being real, as well as fears of losing control, of going crazy, or even of dying
what is panic disorder
recurrent unexpected panic attacks, abrupt surge of intense fear or intense discomfort that reaches peak within minutes
what are four following symptoms occur for panic disorder
- palpitations, pounding heart
- sweating
- trembling or shaking
- feelings of choking
at least one of the panic attack have been follow by 1 month or both of what?
- Persistent worrying concern another panic attack will happen again in future
- change in behaviour related to attacks, avoiding place you think panic attack will happen
what are two kind of panic attack
- Unexpected – no obvious cue or trigger (out of the blue)
- Expected – an attack in response to a situational trigger (an obvious cue or trigger, such as previous situations where panic attacks have typically occurred).
what can panic attack be often combined with
Agoraphobia
what is agoraphobia
cluster of fears centering on public places and being unable to escape or find help should one become incapacitated
what diagnostic is requiring of Agoraphobia with anxiety
at least one of two
1. public transportation
2. open spaces
3. enclosed spaces
4. Lines/crowds
5. being out of the house alone
what is fear-of-fear hypothesis
psychological theory of panic disorder. Suggests that agoraphobia is not a fear of public places per se, but a fear of having a panic attack in public
what is Misinterpretation of physiological arousal symptoms
psychological theory of panic disorder. Suggests that people who have autonomic nervous system that is predisposed to be overly active is coupled with a psychological tendency to become very upset by these sensations
what is generalized anxiety disorder
- excessive anxiety and worry, occurring more days than not for 6 months
- individual finds difficult to control worry
what is required in children to have generalized anxiety disorder
only one is required.
1. restlessness or feeling on edge
2. easily fatigued
3. difficult concentrating, mind blank
4. irritability
5. sleep disturbance
when could GAD typically begin
mid-teens
what are Two factor model of approach-avoidance in GAD
- Intolerance of uncertainty
- Fear of anxiety
what are depressive disorders often associated with
- Panic attacks
- Substance abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Personality disorders
what is bipolar I
Historically called manic-depressive disorder. presence of at least 1 manic episode is required for diagnosis. Have to have experienced mania
what is bipolar II
1 hypomanic episode, and at least 1 major depressive episode is required for diagnosis. Do not have mania, either hypomania or depressive episode
what is mania
An emotional state or mood of intense but unfounded elation accompanied by irritability, hyperactivity, talkativeness. Noticed by others due to loud and incessant remarks, sometimes full of puns, jokes
what is emotion regulation
Use of healthy strategies to adapt to the demands of environment