Anxiety Disorders

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A negative mood state characterized by bodily symptoms of physical tension and by apprehension about the future

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Anxiety

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Is a future-oriented mood state characterized by apprehension because we cannot predict or control upcoming events

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Anxiety

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Howard Liddell called anxiety as the “___”

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shadow of intelligence

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It is an immediate alarm reaction to danger

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Fear

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An abrupt experience of intense fear or acute discomfort, accompanied by physical symptoms that usually include heart palpitations, chest pain, shortness of breath, and possibly, dizziness

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Panic attack

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Two basic types of panic attacks

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Expected (cued) panic attack, Unexpected (uncued) panic attack

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Anxiety Disorders (6)

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia, Specific Phobia, Separation Anxiety Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, Selective Mutism

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Are common in specific phobias or social phobia. If you know you are afraid of high places, you might have a panic attack in these situations but not anywhere else.

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Expected panic attack

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If a person does not have a clue when or where the next attack will occur. ____ are important in panic disorder.

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Unexpected panic attack

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Is characterized by muscle tension, mental agitation, and susceptibility to fatigue, some irritability, and difficulty sleeping. People with ____ mostly worry about minor, everyday life events.

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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Fear and avoidance of situations in which a person feels unsafe or unable to escape to get home or to a hospital in the event of a developing panic symptoms or other physical symptoms.

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Agoraphobia

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The term agoraphobia was coined in 1871 by ____, a German physician, and in the original Greek refers to fear of the marketplace

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Karl Westphal

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To meet the criteria for ___, a person must experience an unexpected panic attack and develop substantial anxiety over the possibility of having another attack or about the implications of the attack or its consequences

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panic disorder

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Most patients with panic disorder and agoraphobic avoidance also display another cluster of avoidant behaviors called ____ or avoidance of internal physical sensations. These behaviors involve removing oneself from situations or activities that might produce physiological arousal that somehow resembles the beginnings of a panic attack.

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interoceptive avoidance

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It is an irrational fear of a specific subject or situation that markedly interferes with an individual’s ability to function

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Specific phobia

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People with this phobia inherit a strong vasovagal response to blood, injury, or the possibility of an injection, all of which cause a drop in blood pressure and a tendency to faint. It runs in families more strongly than any phobic disorder.

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Blood-Injection-Injury Phobia

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Phobias characterized by fear of public transportation or enclosed places. People with this kind of phobia never experience panic attacks outside the context of their phobic object or situation

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Situational phobia

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A type of phobia which major examples are heights, storms, and water. These fears seem to cluster together.

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Natural Environment Phobia

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Is a type of phobia which are common but become phobic only if severe interference with functioning occurs

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Animal Phobia

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This disorder is identified more closely with children. It is characterized by children’s unrealistic and persistent worry that something will happen to their parents or other important people in their life or that something will happen to the children themselves that will separate them from their parents

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Separation Anxiety Disorder

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The act of separating from the parent or attachment figure provokes anxiety or fear

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Separation anxiety

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The fear is closely focused on something specific to the school situation

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School phobia

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An experience of marked fear or anxiety focused on one or more social or performance situations

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Social Anxiety Disorder

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Individuals with ____, a subtype of social anxiety disorder, usually have no difficulty with social interaction but when they must do something specific in front of people, anxiety takes over and they focus on the possibility that they will embarrass themselves

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performance anxiety

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It is a rare childhood disorder characterized by a lack of speech in one or more settings in which speaking is socially expected

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Selective Mutism