Anxiety Disorders Flashcards
Difference between fear and anxiety
Fear is a response to a known threat; anxiety is vague, internal or conflictual
T or F. Higher socioeconomic status is associated with a higher prevalence of anxiety disorders.
True
Who has higher lifetime prevalence for anxiety disorder?
Women
Freud believes anxiety is a failure of what?
Defense mechanisms
What is the behavioral theory behind anxiety?
It’s a conditioned response to a specific stimulus which becomes generalized
Biological reaction to anxiety
Increased sympathetic tone
Insomnia, startle, and autonomic hyperarousal are characteristic of increased function of what NT
Norepinephrine
Acute stress is associated with increased turnover of what NT
Serotonin
Enhancing activity of what NT helps with anxiety disorders
GABA
Panic attack has to have at least how many of the following symptoms and peak within how many minutes?
Palpitations, sweating, trembling, feeling of choking, chest pain, nausea, dizziness, fear of dying, chills, paresthesias, fear of losing control
4 symptoms
10 minutes
Anxiety about being in places where escape might be difficult or help might not be available in the event of panic attack
Agoraphobia
Attacks last at least one month and are accompanied by a fear of having another atack
Panic disorder
Men or women more likely to have panic attacks?
Women
Marked fear of object or situation
Specific Phobia
Marked fear of social situations, exposure to unfamiliar people or scrutiny by others, fear of humiliation or embarrassment
Social phobia
