week 6.1 Flashcards

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anxiety

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Physical, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral symptoms

Response to threat
Subject of response to stressor

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2
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Fear

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reaction to specific danger
Immediate

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3
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mild level of anxiety

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Normal experience of every day living
* motivation
Heightened perceptual field
aware of anxiety

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4
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moderate level of anxiety

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Narrowed perceptual field
Focuses on source of anxiety
Can still follow directions

sx: tremor, sweating, HA

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5
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severe level of anxiety

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dazed, confused
distorted perceptual field
attention scattered

Behavior focused on decreasing or relieve anxiety

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6
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Panic level of anxiety

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Unable to process environment
Focus is lost
Severe hyperactivity
running screaming, and shouting
Terror

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7
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sublimation

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Transforming negative impulses to a more productive focus

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8
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intellectualization

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Analyzing facts without emotion

“He wouldn’t have wanted to live with a disability”

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9
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generalized anxiety disorder

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Greater than or equal to six months
Excessive, persistent worry

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10
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What is the treatment of choice to manage acute anxiety?

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Benzos

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11
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what is the treatment of choice if the patient is sensitive to SSRIs?

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Buspirone

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12
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Benzo administration teaching

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Monitor sedative/injury
Avoid caffeine and alcohol
Take with food
High addiction potential
Don’t handle machinery
Teratogenic

Antidote – flumazenil

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13
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systemic desensitization

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Gradually introduced to the feared object thru steps

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14
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flooding

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Exposed to large amount of undesirable stimulus to extinguish anxiety

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15
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Phobias

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persistent, irrational fear of specific object, activity, or situation that leads to avoidance

Out of proportion to actual danger

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16
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agoraphobia

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Most of your excessive anxiety about being in places or situations with escape might be difficult

17
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what types of situations are often avoided with agoraphobia?

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Being alone
Traveling
Bridges
Elevators

18
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Social anxiety disorder

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fear provoked by exposure to a social or performance situation evaluated potentially negative by others

Fear of criticism, humiliation, or embarrassment

Fear of public speaking

19
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symptoms of panic disorder

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Chest pain
Shortness breath
Palpitations
Choking feeling
Lightheadedness
Dizzy

20
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Anticipatory anxiety

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fearful expectation of panic onset

21
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avoidance anxiety

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Decreases risk of anxiety by increasing feeling of control

22
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emergency care with panic disorder

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Rule out medical crisis

23
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obsessions

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Unwanted, intrusive, persistent thoughts

Impulses cannot be dismissed from the mind

24
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Compulsions

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behaviors performed repeatedly and goal to relieve anxiety and distress

Interferes with daily life

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What are examples of compulsions?
Handwashing Locking doors Brushing hair
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body dysmorphic disorder
Preoccupation with one or more perceived defects /flaws in physical appearance Not observed by others 12 to 13-year-old onset
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Hoarding disorder
persistent difficulties, guarding possessions, regardless of value Safety is priority Increase severity with each decade
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Trichotillomania
Hair pulling disorder Decrease anxiety by inducing pain by hair pulling
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excoriation disorder
Skin picking Recurrent until skin lesions Rubbing, biting, squeezing, scratching