week 6.1

Question 1

anxiety

Answer 1

Physical, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral symptoms

Response to threat
Subject of response to stressor

Question 2

Fear

Answer 2

reaction to specific danger
Immediate

Question 3

mild level of anxiety

Answer 3

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

Question 4

moderate level of anxiety

Answer 4

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

sx: tremor, sweating, HA

Question 5

severe level of anxiety

Answer 5

dazed, confused
distorted perceptual field
attention scattered

Behavior focused on decreasing or relieve anxiety

Question 6

Panic level of anxiety

Answer 6

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

Question 7

sublimation

Answer 7

Transforming negative impulses to a more productive focus

Question 8

intellectualization

Answer 8

Analyzing facts without emotion

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

Question 9

generalized anxiety disorder

Answer 9

Greater than or equal to six months
Excessive, persistent worry

Question 10

What is the treatment of choice to manage acute anxiety?

Answer 10

Benzos

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Buspirone

Question 12

Benzo administration teaching

Answer 12

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

Antidote – flumazenil

Question 13

systemic desensitization

Answer 13

Gradually introduced to the feared object thru steps

Question 14

flooding

Answer 14

Exposed to large amount of undesirable stimulus to extinguish anxiety

Question 15

Phobias

Answer 15

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

Out of proportion to actual danger

Question 16

agoraphobia

Answer 16

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

Question 17

what types of situations are often avoided with agoraphobia?

Answer 17

Being alone
Traveling
Bridges
Elevators

Question 18

Social anxiety disorder

Answer 18

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

Question 19

symptoms of panic disorder

Answer 19

Chest pain
Shortness breath
Palpitations
Choking feeling
Lightheadedness
Dizzy

Question 20

Anticipatory anxiety

Answer 20

fearful expectation of panic onset

Question 21

avoidance anxiety

Answer 21

Decreases risk of anxiety by increasing feeling of control

Question 22

emergency care with panic disorder

Answer 22

Rule out medical crisis

Question 23

obsessions

Answer 23

Unwanted, intrusive, persistent thoughts

Impulses cannot be dismissed from the mind

Question 24

Compulsions

Answer 24

behaviors performed repeatedly and goal to relieve anxiety and distress

Interferes with daily life

Question 25

What are examples of compulsions?

Answer 25

Handwashing
Locking doors
Brushing hair

Question 26

body dysmorphic disorder

Answer 26

Preoccupation with one or more perceived defects /flaws in physical appearance

Not observed by others

12 to 13-year-old onset

Question 27

Hoarding disorder

Answer 27

persistent difficulties, guarding possessions, regardless of value

Safety is priority

Increase severity with each decade

Question 28

Trichotillomania

Answer 28

Hair pulling disorder

Decrease anxiety by inducing pain by hair pulling

Question 29

excoriation disorder

Answer 29

Skin picking Recurrent until skin lesions

Rubbing, biting, squeezing, scratching