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Anxiety

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-a future-oriented mood state
-physical symptom
-negative effect
-avoidance of situations likely to provoke fear

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fear

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-natural
-present-oriented mood state
-flight or fight response

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characteristics of anxiety disorders

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-pervasive and persistent symptoms of anxiety and fear
-excessive avoidance and escape
-clinically significant distress and impairment

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panic attack

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-abrupt experience of intense fear- body misfire
physical symptoms: heart palpitations, chest pain, dizziness, sweating, chills or heat sensatations
-cognitive symptoms: fear of losing control
-expected and unexpected

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generalized anxiety disorder

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-worry
-common in females and older age
-excessive uncontrollable anxious apprehension and worry about multiple areas of life
-six months or more
-muscle tension, restlessness, fatigue, irritability, concentration, sleep disturbances

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treatment for generalized anxiety disorder

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-psychological: CBT
-meds: benzodiazepines & antidepressants
-meditation therapy

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panic disorder

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-experience of unexpected panic attacks
- develop anxiety, worry, or fear about another attack
-many develop agoraphobia

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treatment of panic disorders

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-SSRI
-CBT

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agoraphobia

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fear and avoidance of situations where a person feels unsafe

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specific phobias

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-extreme irrational fear of a specific object or situation
-avoids phobic objects
-recognize that the fear and avoidance are unreasonable
-interferes with ones ability to function

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different types of phobias

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  1. blood injection injury: vasovagal
  2. situational
  3. natural environment
  4. animal
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vasovagul

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blood pressure and heart rate go down at sight of blood

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social anxiety disorder

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-extreme fear or discomfort in social or performance situation
-interferes with ability to function
-avoid social situation or endure with great distress

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treatment of social anxiety disorder

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-group therapy
-CBT

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PTSD

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-reexperiencing
-avoidance
-emotional numbing and interpersonal problems
-interferes with ones ability to function
-one month or more

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acute stress disorder

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PTSD immediately post-trauma (up to one month)

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treatment for PTSD

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-CBT
-exposure therapy

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obsessive compulsive and related disorders

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-obsessive thoughts and/or compulsive behaviors
- OCD, hoarding, body dysmorphic disorder, trichotillomania, excoriation

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OCD

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-obsessive
-compulsive
-cycle

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causes of OCD

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-thought-action fusion
-early life experiences
-learning that some thoughts are dangerous/unacceptable

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obsessive

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intrusive and nonsensical thoughts, images, or urges (usually most important thing to you)

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compulsions

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thoughts or actions to neutralize anxious thoughts

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thought-action fusion

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the thought is similar to the action; thinking something will make it more likely to happen

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treatment for OCD

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exposure therapy

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body dysmorphic disorder

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-some imagined defect in appearance
-actual defect, if present, appears slight to others
-leads to clinically significant distress/impairments
-leads to compulsive behaviors

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treatment for body dysmorphic disorder

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acceptance therapy

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trichotillomania

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pull hair to self soothe

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selective mutism

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-rare childhood disorder characterized by a lack of speech
-more than one month(cannot be the first month of school)
-high comorbidity with SAD

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treatment for selective mutism

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CBT

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attachment disorders

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-disturbed and developmentally inappropriate behaviors in children
-child is unable or unwilling ot form normal attachment relationships with caregiving
-inadequate or neglectful care in early childhood

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reactive attachment disorder

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-abnormally withdrawn and inhibited behavior
-less receptive

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disinhibited social engagement disorder

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-a pattern of abnormally low inhibition in children
-ex: approaching unfamiliar adults without fear

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hoarding disorders

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-excessively collecting or keeping items regardless of their value and difficulty discarding items, usually due ot a fear that one will need later

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excoriation

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-repetitive and compulsive picking of the skin, leading to tissue damage
-1-5% prevalence rate
- treatment: behavioral habit reversal treatment is most effective

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anorexia nervosa

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-significanlty low body weight in relation to age,sex, development trajectory, and physical health
-intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat
-persistant behavior that interferes with weight gain
- weight and shape have disproportionate influence on self concept
-energy intake restriction

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bulimia nervosa

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-recurrent episodes of binge eating
-recurrent inappropriate compensatory behavior with the intent to prevent weight gain
-purging/self-induced vomiting
-excessive exercise
-diuretics or laxative abuse
-fasting or food restriction
-self evaluations in unduly influenced by body shape and weight

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binge eating

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-without associated compensatory behaviors
-eating much more rapidly than normal
-eating until uncomfortably full
-large amounts of food when not physically hungry
-eating alone because of embarrassment
-feeling disgust with oneself, depressed, and/or guilt afterward

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medical concerns for anorexia

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heart failure, osteoporosis, muscle loss, organ failure, growth of lanugo

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medical concerns for bulimea

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kidney failure, cardiac arrhythmia, tooth decay, intestinal problems, ruptured esophagus, permanant colon damae

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medical concerns for binge

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heart disease, type 2 diabetes, gastric ruptures

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treatment for eating disorders

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-psychotherapy/counceling and medical and nutritional interventions
-early diagnosis
-outpatient/intensive outpatient
-partial hospital programs
-residential
-inpatient/hospitalization
-CBT and work with family
-dialectical behavioral therapy

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treatment of obesity

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1.self-direct weight loss programs
2. commercial self-help programs
3. behavior modification program
4. bariatric surgery

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dysomnias

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difficulties in amount, quality, or timing of sleep

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parasomnias

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abnormal behavior and physiological events during sleep

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Insomnia

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-most common
-microsleeps
-problems initiating/ maintaining sleep
-only diagnosed as a disorder if it is not better explained by a different condition

46
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hypersomnolence disorder

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-sleeping to much
-associated with medical and/or psychological conditions

47
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narcolepsy

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-recurrent intense need for sleep, lapses into sleep or napping
-one of the following
. cataplexy
.hypocretin deficiency
.going into REM sleep abnormally fast

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cataplexy

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shocking stimulus brings on sleep

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obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea

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airflow stops, respiratory system stops working

50
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central sleep apnea

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respiratory systems stop for brief periods

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circadian rhythm-sleep disorder

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-disturbed sleep leading to distress and/or functional impairment
-rains inability to synchronize day and night
-circadian rhythm dont follow 24 hour clock
-suprachiasmatic nucleus

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medical treatments for insomnia

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benzodiazepines and over the counter

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medical treatments for hypersomnia and narcolepsy

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stimulants

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medical treatments for cataplexy

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antidepressants

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medical treatments for breathing

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meds, weight loss, mechanical devices

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CBT-I

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-change beliefs
-creating healthy sleep patterns
-psychoeducation about sleep
-extensive monitoring using sleep diary
-practicing better sleep-related habits

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parasomnia

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-recurrent episodes of sleep terrors or sleep walking
-individual has no memory of the episodes

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sleep terror

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panic like symptoms during non-REM sleep

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REM sleep disorder

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-repeated episodes of arousal during sleep associated with vocalization and/or complex motor behaviors
-causes impairment or distress (major problem is injury to self or sleeping pattern)

60
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panic disorder interoceptive exposure

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weights, spinning, straw

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