Textbook cards

Question 1

What is anxiety?

Answer 1

State of mood characterized by marked negative affect and bodily symptoms of tension in which a person apprehensively anticipates future danger or misfortune. Anxiety may involve feelings, behaviours, and physiological responses.

Question 2

What is fear?

Answer 2

Immediate emotional alarm reaction to present danger or life-threatening emergencies.

Question 3

What is panic?

Answer 3

Sudden overwhelming fright or terror.

Question 4

What is a panic attack?

Answer 4

Abrupt experience of intense fear or discomfort accompanied by physical symptoms such as dizziness or heart palpitations.

Question 5

What are the two types of panic attacks

Answer 5

expected and unexpected. If you know you are afraid of high places or of driving over long bridges, you might have a panic attack in such a situation but not anywhere else; this is an expected (cued) panic attack. By contrast, you might experience unexpected (uncued) panic attacks if you don’t have a clue when or where the next attack will occur.