Week 28: Psychiatry

Question 1

Anxiety sensitivity

Answer 1

Fear of arousal-related body sensations;
“fear of fear”;
Arises from beliefs about the consequences of the sensations (social, somatic, psychological);

Question 2

Lithium

Answer 2

• Natural ion
• Confirmed efficacy in long-term treatment of bipolar disorder
• Anti-suicidal effect
• Serum levels must be kept at 0.6-1.2 meq/L
• significant list of SEs