Anxiety Disorders

Question 1

2 Behavioral Symptoms to Cope w/ Anxiety

Answer 1

Avoidance!!!

Other behaviors to reduce like substance use/abuse

Question 2

Perceptual Symptoms of Anxiety

Answer 2

Derealization and depersonalization: closer to event = more dissociation

Question 3

Control Switch for Fear

Answer 3

Amygdala, takes in sensory/cortical information and then affects HPA and other stuff

Question 4

4 NTs/Hormones and Modulating Effect of Drugs

Answer 4

GABA: inhibit function = anxiogenic, potentiate = anxiolytic (lessen anxiety)
NE: increase is anxiogenic
5HT: increase is anxiolytic?
CRH: increase anxiety

Question 5

6 Anxiety Disorders and which one most common

Answer 5

Panic Disorder
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
OCD (now a spectrum in DSM V)
Social Anxiety Disorder (most common)
Post Traumatic Disorder
Specific Phobias

Question 6

Panic Attacks (and disorder)

Answer 6

Discrete period of intense anxiety that is self-limited. Disorder might not be discrete/limited. Basically if you have a lot and are worried about them in between

Question 7

Agarophobia

Answer 7

Progressive symptom of panic disorder, anxiety about being in situations in which escape would be difficult or embarrassing if panic symptoms occurred (not fear of crowds/outdoors)

Question 8

4 Specific Phobia Subtypes

Answer 8

Animal type
Natural environment type
Blood-injection-injury
Situational

Question 9

Social Phobia

Answer 9

Performance anxiety in social situations

Question 10

GAD

Answer 10

Excessive anxiety and worry more days than not for 6 months w/ impairment in functioning

Question 11

OCD

Answer 11

Obsessions: recurrent intrusive thoughts/impulses/images, with compulsions: repetitive behaviors that the person feels driven to perform to prevent obsessions (even though might not be connected). Person realizes ridiculous. Repetitious, persistent and impairing

Question 12

PANDAS

Answer 12

Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated to Streptococcus - basically child gets acute onset OCD after GAStrep infection

Question 13

Acute vs. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders (differences and 3 shared symptoms)

Answer 13

W/in 30 days vs. diagnosed at least one month after, includes dissociative symptoms in acute.
Share re-experiencing, numbing/avoidance, and heightened arousal

Question 14

PTSD Biological Findings

Answer 14

Altered HPA Axis - low cortisol (maybe precedes and makes more vulnerable to PTSD)
Low Hippocampal Volume

Question 15

OCD Treatment

Answer 15

Behavioral therapy and SSRIs

Question 16

PTSD Treatment

Answer 16

SSRI/SNRIs

Question 17

Panic Disorder Treatment

Answer 17

SSRIs

Question 18

Acute Panic Attack Treatment

Answer 18

Benzodiazepines like xanax sparingly and short term ONLY