OCD and Anxiety Disorder

Question 1

GAD

Answer 1

Excessive anxiety/worry for at least 6 months

Difficulty controlling worry

3 symptoms
- restlessness or on edge
- fatigued easily
- difficulty concentrating/irritability
- muscle tension
- sleep disturbance

multiple domains and intensity/duration needs to be out or proportion

Question 2

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Answer 2

Presence of obsessions, compulsions, OR BOTH

obsessions= recurrent thoughts, images, or impulses that are intrusive or inappropriate and invoke anxiety **there is also an attempt to ignore or suppress through compulsions

compulsions= repetitive behaviors or mental acts that person feels driven to perform (ex counting, hand-washing, checking)

Question 3

What is the difference between OCD and OCPD

Answer 3

OCD involves the obsessions and compulsions and ocpd is a personality disorder so it consists of traits causing the person to be obsessed about order, cleanliness, etc

Question 4

Panic Disorder

Answer 4

UNEXPECTED periods of intense anxiety/fear around 10 minutes

physical symptoms
- racing heart
- shortness or breath
- dizziness
- nausea
- feelings of unreality
- fear they are dying

Persistent fear of getting panic attacks

Question 5

Social Anxiety Disorder

Answer 5

Intense and persistent fear in social situations where embarrassment or negative evaluation by others can occur

Avoiding social situations

Recognize that fears are excessive or unreasonable

Question 6

Specific Phobia

Answer 6

Excessive/irrational fears of a specific object or situation

Provokes immediate anxiety response and stimuli are avoided or endured with extreme stress

fear must be greater than others would likely experience