Week 9 Tute - Anxiety Flashcards
1
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Yerkes-Dodson law
A
Performance increases with physiological or mental arousal, but only up to a point
- When arousal becomes too hight, performance decreases
2
Q
Assessment of anxiety: measures
A
DASS
GAD
Hamilton anxiety rating scale
3
Q
Informal assessment on anxiety
A
Discussion of
- triggers
- what they think and how they respond
- how it affects their life
4
Q
Treatment approaches
A
- Medication
- Psychoeducation
- ACT or CBT
5
Q
What is psycho education
A
Teaches people about stress and anxiety Topics: - helpful vs unhelpful anxiety - anatomy of anxiety (how it works) - interaction between thoughts, behaviour and anxiety
6
Q
Graduated exposure therapy
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- Person is asked to imagine or actually do the situation identified as lowest level of anxiety
- If they become anxious, they can either
>continue until they no longer feel anxious
>use relaxation techniques e.g. deep breathing to become more relaxed - Once person can tolerate lowest level without anxiety, they move up the hierarchy
7
Q
Types of exposure
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- Imaginal exposure
- In vivo exposure
8
Q
What is imaginal exposure?
A
- Imagining the feared object, situation or activity
- What does it look like, smells, sounds, what does it involve, how close
9
Q
What is in vivo exposure?
A
- Directly facing a feared object, situation or activity in real life
10
Q
How can exposure therapy be paced in different ways?
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- Graduated exposure (lower - highest)
- Flooding: beginning with the most difficult task first
- Systematic desensitisation: exposure is combined with relaxation exercises to associate feared objects, activities or situations with relaxation
11
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Mechanisms of exposure therapy
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- Habituation: over time, fear decreases
- Extinction: exposure weakens fear
- Self-efficacy: shows the client they are capable of facing their fears and managing anxiety
- Emotional processing: attaching new, more realistic beliefs to feared objects, activities or situations: becomes more positive
