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What is anxiety and what are the criteria for anxiety disorders?

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Anxiety produces tension, worry and physiological disorder
-unfounded tear, clinically significant distress,symptoms interfere with their day

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What is the amygolala and what role does it play in anxiety?

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Plays a central role in triggering state of fear or anxiety
Triggers “ fight or flight” response

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How is serotonin linked to anxiety?

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There is a reduction in activity

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What are the psychological causes of anxiety?stressors, coping skills, anxiety sensitivity

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Interpreting events as threatening; interpret physiological changes as signs of danger
- sense of control reduces anxiety

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Define phobia

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Strong, persistent, unwanted fear of a specific object or situation

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What are the treatments for phobias?

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Benzodiazepines ( Xanax, Valium)
SSRIs
Beta blockers
D-cycloserine

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What is social anxiety disorder? Symptoms

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Intense fear of being scrutinized or doing something embarrassing or humiliating in the presence of others

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What are treatments for social anxiety disorder?

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Exposure therapy

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Define agoraphobia

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Feared because escape or help is not available
Intense fear of at least two of the following:
-being outside alone
-traveling via public trans.
-being in open spaces
-being in stores/theatres
-standing in line or in a crowd

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What is a panic attack? Can panic attacks occur with any disorder?

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An episode of intense fear accompanied by physiological symptoms
- can occur with any disorder

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Treatment to panic disorder

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Bentos, Ssris; Beta blockers, of-cycloserine

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Generalized anxiety disorder -symptoms, criteria

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Persistent, high levels of anxiety and excessive, hard to control worry over life circumstances
-must be present on the majority of days for six months and impairment in life
-develops gradually

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Causes of gad

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Heritability factor, dysfunctional thinking

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Treatment of gad

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•drug therapy (benzodiazepines or antidepressants
- cognitive-behavioral therapy

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Define obsessions, define compulsions

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Consistent, anxiety producing thoughts or images
-overwhelming need to engage in activities or mental acts to counteract anxiety

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What are the causes of OCD

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Heredity,they reduce anxiety, control , intolerance of uncertainty

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What are the treatments for OCD?

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SSRIs antidepressants, flooding, response prevention

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Anorexia nervosa(define, symptoms, and criteria)

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Individuals starve themselves; detesting any weight gain
- extreme thinness

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What are the treatments for anorexia?

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Outpatient therapy(restore weight)
Psychological interventions(help understand dysfunctional attitudes

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Bulimia nenosa(define, symptoms and criteria)

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Recurrent episodes of binge eating followed by purging
-at least once a week for 3 months

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What are treatments for bulimia?

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Treat physical conditions,normalize eating patterns
-reduce rigid food rules and body image concerns
-develop sense of self-control

22
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How can you distinguish between anorexia and bulimia?
Which has a better prognosis?

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Anorexia is starving while bulimia is over eating with purging
-bulimia has a better prognosis

23
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What disorder has the highest mortality rate?

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Anorexia

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What is binge eating disorder?

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Involves bingeing, feeling of loss of control, and marked distress over binge eating episodes
-doesn’t involve vomiting, fasting or excessive exercise

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Symptoms, criteria of bed

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History of binge eating episodes at least once a week for 3 months

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Causes and treatments of bed

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Poor mood, decreased alertness, cravings for sweets
-similar to bulimia, include healthy approaches to weight loss
-factors that trigger overeating
-team strategies to reduce binges

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What is the difference between bed and bulimia?

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Binge eating doesn’t include purging unlike bulimia

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What is the difference between depression and normal mood swings?

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Depression continues for days, weeks or months, involves extreme reactions
- intense sadness and loss of interest in normally enjoyed activities

29
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Define mood symptoms; cognitive symptoms, behavioral and physiological

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Brief depressive and hypomanic symptoms

30
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Define mania. Define hypomania.

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Hypomania: increase levels of activity or energy(milder form )
Mania: even more pronounced mood change, behaviors prom euphoria to extreme irritability

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Define Major depressive disorder, major depressive episode and persistent depressive disorder

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Major depressive disorder: occurrence of at least one major depressive episode,no history of mania or hypomania
Persistent depressive disorder:depressed mood that has lasted for at least 2 years

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Define bipolar I and bipolar 2

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Bipolar I: at least one manic episode( with or without a history of major depression)
Bipolar 2: at least one major depressive episode and at least one hypomanic episode

33
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Lithium is best but why is it used with caution.

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Used in batteries, clients have to be checked on regularly in case of death

34
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Theories of depression

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The way people think, learned helplessness

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Treatments of depression.

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Classes of antidepressants
Sleep deprivation followed by sleep recovery
Light therapy

36
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2 subtypes of anorexia?

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Restricting and binge-eating purging

37
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Which eating disorder is more prevalent?

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Bulimia

38
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Body dissatisfaction

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Is a robust risk factor for developing an eating disorder

39
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Which personality trait is associated with anorexia?

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Perfectionism

40
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Most common complication from purging?

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Erosion of tooth enamel

41
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4 domains of depressive symptoms?

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Mood, cognitive, behavioral and physiological

42
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What is chronic depression for at least 2 years?

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Persistent depressive disorder

43
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Bipolar I or bipolar 2- how do you distinguish between the two?

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Bipolar l has one manic episode with or without major depression while bipolar 2 has at least one manic episode with a depressive episode

44
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What is the cognitive explanation for depression?

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Rumination

45
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What neurotransmitter is low with depression?

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Serotonin

46
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What causes panic attacks?

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Have fewer serotonin receptors

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