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