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The Anxiety Disorders Flashcards

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Name 7 Anxiety Disorders

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  1. Separation anxiety disorder
  2. Selective mutism
  3. Specific phobia
  4. Social anxiety disorder
  5. Panic disorder
  6. Agoraphobia
  7. Generalized anxiety disorder
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The feeling of apprehension or fear involving “excessive worry” and “anticipation of threat”

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Anxiety

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What often accompanies anxiety disorders

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depression

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Name 3 ways anxiety disorders differ

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  1. Fear-inducing objects differ
  2. Avoidance patterns differ
  3. Thought content
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What are the 4 major mediators of anxiety

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  1. norepinephrine
  2. serotonin
  3. dopamine
  4. gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA)
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Medical condition characterized by significant distress when a person is away from parents, another caregiver, or home

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Separation anxiety

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When does separation anxiety peak during normal development

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peaks between 8-18 months, diminishes by 2.5 years

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Name 3 treatment options for separation anxiety

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  1. Cognitive-behavioral therapy
  2. Family psychosocial therapy
  3. Serotonin-reuptake inhibitors (black box warning)
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Marked or persistent fear (>6 months) that is excessive or unreasonable cued by the presence or anticipation of a specific object or situation

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Specific phobia

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Fear of heights

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acrophobia

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Fear of open spaces

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agoraphobia

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Fear of cats

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ailurophobia

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Cynophobia

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fear of dogs

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mysophobia

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fear of dirt and germs

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Name 3 treatments for specific phobias

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  1. Relaxation techniques
  2. Anti-anxiety medications
  3. Desensitization
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Breathlessness, dizziness, a sense of suffocation and fear of dying are all signs of what

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Panic disorder

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Blushing, muscle twitching and anxiety about scrutiny are signs of

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Social anxiety disorder

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Treatments for Social Anxiety disorder

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  1. Serotonin-reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), benodiazepines, venlafaxine (effexor), buspirone (Buspar)
  2. Beta blockers
  3. Cognitive, behavioral, and exposure techniques
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Acute attack of anxiety with overwhelming feeling of impending doom

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Panic Disorder

20
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Name 3 substances causing shift in acid-base balance that can cause panic

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  1. CO2
  2. Sodium lactate
  3. Bicarbonate
21
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Substances acting through specific neurotransmitters with potential to induce panic

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  1. yohimbine
  2. flumazenil
  3. cholecystokinin
  4. isoproteronol
  5. caffeine
22
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Panic Disorder: Course/Prognosis

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  • Onset generally late adolescence

- chronic

23
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Panic Disorder: Treatment

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  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Drugs
    1. SSRIs
    2. Benzodiazipines

*length of treatment at least 6-12 months

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Agoraphobia definition

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fear of places, where one might not be able to escape

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Agoraphobia: treatment

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  • SSRIs (1st line of treatment)
  • Benzodiazepines
  • Tricyclic antidepressants
  • Psychotherapy
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Generalized anxiety disorder

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excessive uncontrollable worry about everyday things

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General Anxiety Disorder: Psychosocial Factors

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  • Response to perceived dangers, inaccurate
  • Focus on negative details in environment
  • Distorted information processing; distorted thoughts
  • Negative view of own ability
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General anxiety disorder: Prognosis

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  • Life-long

- Long term treatment recommended

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General Anxiety disorder: treatment

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  • Cognitive-behavioral therapy
  • Insight-oriented therapy
  • Pharmacotherapy (SSRI, Benzodiazepines, buspirone,SNRI (Venlafaxine, Effexor))
30
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Which patients have highest occurrence of panic due to another medical condition besides anxiety?

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  • cardiomyopathy

- awaiting heart transplant

31
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Which two autoimmune diseases also have high occurrence of panic?

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  1. Sjogren’s syndrome

2. Grave’s disease

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