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OCD and such Flashcards

1
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What is fear?

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the physical and mental response to an imminent threat

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What is anxiety?

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The anticipation of threat in the future

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Anxiety or fear: threat is known

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Fear

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Anxiety or fear: desire to escape

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Fear

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Anxiety or fear: desire to avoid

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Anxiety

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Anxiety or fear: muscle tension and vigilance

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Anxiety

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Anxiety or fear: fight/flight/freeze response

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Fear

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True or false: both anxiety and fear can occur as part of anxiety disorders

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True

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What is the most common category of mental disorders?

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Anxiety disorders

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What is the prevalence of anxiety disorders every year?

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18%

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Are anxiety disorders more common in women or men?

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Women

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True or false: anxiety disorders tend to develop in adulthood

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False–childhood

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What is the classic course of GAD?

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Chronic, waxing and waning course

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What does avoidance lead to? Exposure?

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Avoidance - Anxiety

Exposure - Extinction

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15
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What is the lifetime prevalence of anxiety disorders in women? Men?

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Women = 30%
Men = 19%
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What are the comorbidities of anxiety disorders?

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Depression and substance abuse

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What are the 4 criteria for specific phobias?

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  • Marked fear or anxiety about a specific object
  • Exposure to the phobic stimulus provokes immediate fear
  • The phobic object is avoided
  • Fear is out of proportion to the actual danger
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How long do phobias last for, (to meet the criteria)?

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6 months

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True or false: most people with a phobia usually do not have more than one

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False–most do

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In what age group are phobias particularly prevalent in?

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Adolescents

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True or false: excessive fears are common in young children, and often transitory–thus consider it part of normal development

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True

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What is the major difference between phobias and realistic fears?

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Realistic fears are proportional to probability

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What is the best treatment for fear?

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Exposure therapy

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What is the one exception to increased SNS with phobias?

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Sight of blood

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Is pharmacotherapy recommended for treatment of phobias? Why or why not?

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No–treatment gains are not sustained

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How long does exposure therapy have to last for?

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until fear decreases

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When is pharmacotherapy appropriate for phobias?

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For one time instances (flying for one time, vs flying constantly for new job)

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What are the criteria for social anxiety disorder? (5)

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  • Marked fear/anxiety of social situations
  • Concern for acting in a way that is humiliating
  • Exposure to social situations
  • Feared situation is avoided
  • Fear/anxiety is out of proportion
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29
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What is the time duration that is needed to diagnose social anxiety disorder?

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6 months or more

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30
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What is the CBT treatment for social anxiety disorder?

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  • Correction of maladaptive thinking

- Exposure to feared social situations

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31
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Can CBT for social anxiety disorder be done in groups?

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Yes

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What is the pharmacotherapy for social anxiety disorder? (4)

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  • SSRIs/SNRIs
  • Beta blockers
  • MAOIs
  • Benzos
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33
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Performance based anxiety disorders respond well to what sort of pharmacotherapy?

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Beta blockers

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What is panic disorder?

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Recurrent, unexpected panic attacks (abrupt surge or intense fear or discomfort within minutes)

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35
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How many symptoms are needed to diagnose a panic attack?

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4+

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What is the anxiety component of panic disorders?

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Persistent worry about additional attacks or their consequences, resulting in maladaptive change in behavior related to the attacks

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Is a single episode of a panic attack diagnostic for a panic disorder?

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No–need multiple

38
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What is the ratio of panic attacks in females:males?

39
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What is the median age at onset of panic attacks?

40
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Can panic attacks occur during sleep?

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Yes–need to have one for diagnosis of panic disorder

41
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There is a (__)x increase in mental disorders in first degree relatives of panic attack pts.

42
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True or false: syncopal episodes do not happen with panic attacks, and should be worked up medically

43
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What is the first line treatment for panic attacks?

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CBT and panic-focused psychodynamic psychotherapy

44
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What are the pharmacotherapies for panic attacks?

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  • SSRIs/SNRIs
  • TCAs
  • Benzos
45
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True or false: pts with panic disorders are often intensely sensitive to side effects of medications

46
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What is agoraphobia, and what are the 5 diagnostic criteria?

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Marked fear or anxiety about at least 2 of the following:

  • Using public transportation
  • Being in open spaces
  • Being in enclosed spaces
  • Standing in line or being in a crowd
  • Being outside the home alone
47
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What is the fear of agoraphobia usually d/t?

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Not having access to help or of not being able to escape the situation

48
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How long do s/sx of agoraphobia have to last for to meet the criteria for diagnosis?

49
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True or false: agoraphobia often develops as a result of panic disorders

50
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What age group is the incidence of agoraphobia the highest?

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adolescence

51
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What is the treatment for agoraphobia?

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CBT or SSRIs

52
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True or false: SSRIs are generally safe in overdose

53
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Which type of antidepressant is more effective in the treatment in panic/agoraphobia

54
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What is the criteria for GAD? (2)

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  • Excessive anxiety/worry for more days than not for at least 6 months about a number of events or activities
  • Difficulty controlling the worry
55
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When (age wise) is the peak incidence of GAD?

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Middle age

56
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GAD is more common in men or women?

57
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True or false: GAD s/sx tend to wax and wane

58
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What is the treatment for GAD?

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  • CBT

- Acceptance and commitment therapy

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What are the components of the acceptance and commitment therapy? (3)

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  • Decrease avoidance
  • Decrease attachment to thoughts
  • Increase behavior moving towards valued goals
60
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What is the pharmacotherapy for GAD?

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  • SSRIs/SNRIs
  • Benzos (acutely)
  • Buspirone
61
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What is the MOA of buspirone?

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serotonin 5-HT1A receptor partial agonist

62
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What is the MOA of benzos?

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Increases Cl channel opening frequency

63
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What is the MOA of barbiturates?

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Increases Cl channel opening duration

64
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True or false: relapse is common in GAD in the first year after discontinuation of medication

65
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What are obsessions?

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  1. Recurrent, intrusive and unwanted thoughts

2. Attempts are made to suppress, ignore or neutralize them with some other thought

66
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What are compulsions?

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  1. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts that one feels driven to perform in response to an obsession
  2. Behaviors or mental acts are aimed at preventing or reducing anxiety
67
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What is characteristic of the compulsions with OCD?

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The behaviors or mental acts are aimed at preventing or reducing anxiety or distress or preventing some dreaded event/situation, but they are not connected in any realistic way with what they are designed to neutralize or prevent, or are clearly excessive

68
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What are the characteristics of obsessive thoughts?

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Not pleasurable or voluntary–feel intrusive and undesired

69
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What is the usual level of insight with OCD?

70
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What is the mean age of onset for OCD? Course?

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Mean age of onset is 20

Chronic, waxing and waning but 40% are self-limited

71
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What is the usual comorbidity with OCD?

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  • Tic disorders
  • Depression
  • Other anxiety disorders
72
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What is the treatment for OCD?

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-Behavior therapy

73
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What is the pharmacotherapy for OCD?

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  • SSRIs/SNRIs

- Clomipramine

74
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Are benzos effective for OCD?

75
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What are the criteria for OCD?

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Need to take up at least an hour of the day or cause significant distress or impairment

76
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What SSRI is particularly efficacious in treating OCD?

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Clomipramine

77
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What is body dysmorphic disorder?

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Preoccupation with a perceived defect or flaw in appearance not observed by others
-Has a performed, repetitive behavior in response

78
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True or false: there is usually little insight with body dysmorphic disease?

79
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True or false: the risk of suicide is not elevated in body dysmorphic disorder, as compared to general population

80
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What is the treatment for body dysmorphic disorder?

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  • SSRIs

- CBT

81
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What are the diagnostic criteria for hoarding?

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  • Persistent difficulty discarding/parting with things, regardless of their value
  • Perceived need to save, and distress associated with discarding
82
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Hoarding is more common among what age group?

A

Old people

83
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True or false: there is a strong genetic component to hoarding

84
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What is the treatment for hoarding?

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CBT (maybe)

85
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What is trichotillomania?

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  • Recurrent pulling out of hair for gratification

- Repeated attempts to stop

86
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When does Trichotillomania usually begin?

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Around puberty

87
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What is the treatment for Trichotillomania?

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Psychotherapy and habit reversal therapy

88
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What is excoriation disorder?

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  • Recurrent skin picking resulting in lesions

- Repeated attempts to stop

89
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What is the treatment for excoriation disorder?

A

Psychotherapy

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