Overview of Anxiety Disorders

Question 1

People recognize that their fear is _____ when they have a phobia

Answer 1

unreasonable

Question 2

This phobia is the only one associated with a fainting response

Answer 2

blood-injection-injury response

Question 3

Half of specific phobias are preceded by a ____ experience

Answer 3

traumatic

Question 4

43% ____ for specific phobias

Answer 4

heritability

Question 5

What are the two areas of the brain which are overactive in social and specific phobias?

Answer 5

Insula and amygdala

Question 6

Over 4 years, 90% of people with specific phobias recover in a rapid and effective manner after

Answer 6

one session therapy

Question 7

Social phobias are more common in people who were ___ and ___ children

Answer 7

shy and timid

Question 8

We tend to overestimate the ___ of an embarrassing social interaction

Answer 8

cost

Question 9

The drug ____ is used to treat social anxiety

Answer 9

nefazodone

Question 10

Nefazodone decreases activity in the

Answer 10

dorsolateral/medial PFC and the dorsal ACC

Question 11

Panic disorder consists of ___ and ____ panic attacks

Answer 11

persistent and unexpected

Question 12

2/3 of patients with panic disorders have ___

Answer 12

agoraphobia

Question 13

Interoceptive stimuli, which are our own interpretations of our body, result in heightened activity in the ___ and the ____ in panic disorders

Answer 13

insula; anterior cingulate

Question 14

The _______ __ play a role in behavioral defenses in panic attacks

Answer 14

periaqueductal gray

Question 15

___ may reduce the effectiveness of CBT in panic disorders

Answer 15

Medications

Question 16

There is increased activity in the ____ ___ in panic disorder, which may attenuate ___ expression

Answer 16

medial PFC; emotional

Question 17

GAD has ____ across the board for _ months

Answer 17

worry; 6

Question 18

GAD is strongly related to ____ and ____

Answer 18

neuroticism and depression

Question 19

GAD patients may have an underactive ___ system

Answer 19

GABA

Question 20

GAD may be a cognitive strategy to dampen ____ ____

Answer 20

emotional experience

Question 21

GAD shows less connectivity between the ___ and ___ and more between the amygdala and ___

Answer 21

amygdala and insula; DLPFC

Question 22

Patients with more anxiety have less ____ -____ coupling

Answer 22

amygdala; DLPFC (counterintuitive)