Module 41: Anxiety Disorders, OCD, and PTSD

Question 1

anxiety disorders

Answer 1

psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety

Question 2

generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)

Answer 2

an anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal

Question 3

panic disorder

Answer 3

an anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable, minutes-long episodes of intense dread in which a person may experience terror and accompanying chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensations; followed by worry over a possible next panic attack

Question 4

phobias

Answer 4

an anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object, activity, or situation

Question 5

obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

Answer 5

a disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions), actions (compulsions), or both

Question 6

obsessions

Answer 6

intrusive thoughts that are unwanted and seemingly unending

Question 7

compulsions

Answer 7

behaviors often in response to compulsions

For example: someone with a germ obsession may have compulsions to clean

Question 8

posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Answer 8

a disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, hypervigilance, avoidance of trauma-related stimuli, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, numbness of feeling, and/or insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience