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1
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In the DSM 5, anxiety disorders are organized into ___ chapters: ________

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3: Anxiety disorders, obsessive disorders, and trauma and stress related disorders

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Anxiety

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An individual feels threatened of a future negative event

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Fear

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Occurs due to a present event

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Panic

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A false alarm reaction

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Phyisological Symptoms of Anxiety alter the

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Autonomic system

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Cognitive Symptoms of Anxiety alterations in:

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Conciousness

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Behavioural responses are ____

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Consequences of emotions

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When does anxiety cause a problem?

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When anxiety causes significant distress or impairment in various areas of daily functioning

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Biological Contributions to Anxiety

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Genetics - more so temperamental than a certain disorder
Neuroanatomy and Neurotransmitters (Fight or flight)

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Psychological Contributions of Anxiety

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Behavioural factors: learned through classical conditioning
Cognitive Factors: anxious often only view things consistent with the idea that everything is dangerous
Interpersonal factors: Parenting styles

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Neurotransmitters related with anxiety

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Gaba, serotonin, norepinephrine

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Social Factors of Anxiety

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Stressful life events

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Integrated Approach

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Combines bio, psycho, and social factors to explain anxiety-related disorders

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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Uncontrollable, unrpoductive worry about everyday minor events

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Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia

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Recurrent, unexpected panic attacks involving a sudden onset of physiological symptoms

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Social Anxiety Disorder

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Irrational fear and avoidance of performance disorder

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Specific Phobia

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Fear and avoidance of objects or situations that do not present any real danger

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Symptoms of GAD

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Muscle tension, irritability, sleeping disturbance, fatigue, mental agitation

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Majority of people with GAD are

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Female

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20
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GAD has a ______ onset

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Gradual

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21
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People think that instead of inherting GAD, they actually inherit

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Anxiety sensitivity

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22
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People with GAD do not show much changes in ____

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physiological factors

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23
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Dugas and Ladouceur Model on GAD

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Intolerance of uncertainty
Positive beliefs about worry
Poor problem orientation
Cognitive avoidance

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Treatment for GAD

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Drugs: benzodiazepine and antidepressants
Psychological:
CBT

25
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For GAD, is psychological or drug treatments more helpful?

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Psychological

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Mindfullness Includes

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Accepting distressing feelins and become more tolerant of them

27
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Two Types of Panic Attacks

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cued/expected panic attacks
uncued/unexpected panic attack

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Derealization & Depersonality

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Feelings of unreality and feelings of being detached from oneself

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There must be ____ or more symptoms in order to be deemed a panic attack

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4

29
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_____ are more like to experience panic disorder

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Women

30
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Interoceptive Avoidance

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Removing oneself from situations of activities that might produce physiological arousal similar to a panic attack

31
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Agora derives from the greek word

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Fear of the market place

32
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Causes of Panic Disorder

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Genetic predisposal
Panic attacks are classical conditioning responses.

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Learned Alarms

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Previous panic attacks now being associated with certain stimulation

34
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Treatment for Panic Disorders

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SSRIs
PCT - a form of CBT
It is most helpful to use both

35
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Men or women most likely to experience phobias?

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Women

36
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5 Specifiers of Phobias

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Blood-injury-injection Phobia
Animal Phobia
Natural Environment Phobia
Situational Phobias
Other Type

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Causes of Phobias

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People learn something is scary, then avoid it, causing it to be more scary

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Prepared Learning

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Some fears may reflect clasical conditionng, but only to stimuli which an organism is physiologically prepared to be sensitive, like snakes, spiders and heights but not lams

39
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Treatments for Phobias

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Gradual Exposure
Systematic Desensitzation
Modelling Therapy
Virtual Reality Therapy

40
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Social Anxiety is the most

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Prevalent

41
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Causes of social anxiety

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Genetics
Behavioural inhibition
Conditioning theory of panic attacks can be applied to explain SAD

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Treatment for Social Anxiety

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Drug Therapies
CBGT
Social Mishap Exposures

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Acute Stress Disorder and PTSD

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If the stressor causes significant impairment in social or occupational functioning that lasts for less than a month, Acute is given ,if more than a month, PTSD is given

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PTSD

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Extreme response to a severe stressor, including increased anxiety, avoidance of related stimuli and numbing of emotional response

45
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Symptoms of PTSD AND ASD

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Re-expering traumatic event
Avoidance of stimuli
Reduction of responsiveness
Increased arousal

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Causes of PTSD

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Exposure to trauma
Tendency to take responsibility
Anxiety sensitivity

47
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Protective Factors for PTSD

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less severe events
Higher intelligence
Coping skills
Resilience

48
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Causal Theories of PTSD

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Psychological-Learning Theories (avoidance is built up)
cognitive biological theories (disorder of memory)
Social and Cultural Factors (lack of support system)

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Treatments of PTSD

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Exposure Therapy
Virtual Exposure Therapy
MDMA
Eye Movement Densensitzation

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Obsessions

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Persistent thoughts, ideas, impulses or images that seem to invade a person’s conciousness

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Compulsions

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Repetitive behaviour or mental act that a person feels compelled or drive to perform

52
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Male to female ratio is ___ when it comes to PTSD

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Equal

53
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Causes of OCD

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Biological - levels of serotonin
Cognitive - tendency to exaggerate the risk of unfortunate events

54
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Treatment for OCD

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Exposure and Response

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