Anxiety, OCD, and Trauma

Question 1

What type of anxiety is characterized by a normal component of the human condition, does not prevent daily function, or destroy a grasp on reality?

Answer 1

Normal anxiety

Question 2

Normal anxiety is an apprehension that is unpleasant and is associated with what type of nervous system response?

Answer 2

Autonomic nervous system response

Question 3

Can anxiety be a learned behavior?

Answer 3

Yes, anxiety can be a learned behavior.

Question 4

Can anxiety be the result of irrational thoughts?

Answer 4

Yes, anxiety can be the result of irrational thoughts.

Question 5

What type of anxiety is characterized when the patient experiences significant distress and dysfunction?

Answer 5

Pathologic anxiety

Question 6

What type of anxiety is associated with the excessive fear or anxiety concerning separation from those to whom the individual is attached? Three criteria must be met.

Answer 6

Separation anxiety

Question 7

Regarding specific phobia, social phobia, and agoraphobia, what requirement was deleted from the DSM IV?

Answer 7

Individuals over the 18 y/o recognize that their anxiety is excessive or unreasonable.

Question 8

Regarding specific phobia, social phobia, and agoraphobia, the anxiety must be __ to the actual danger or threat.

Answer 8

Out of proportion

Question 9

Regarding specific phobia, social phobia, and agoraphobia, how long do symptoms persist in order to diagnosis?

Answer 9

6 months

Question 10

What type of phobia is associated with fear or anxiety that is associated with a particular situation or object?

Answer 10

Specific Phobia

Question 11

What is the phobic stimulus?

Answer 11

The object or situation that makes the patient scared or have anxiety towards.

Question 12

In specific phobia, what type of avoidance describes an individual who intentionally behaves in ways that are designed to prevent or minimize contact with phobic objects or situations?

Answer 12

Active avoidance

Question 13

What type of anxiety disorder is associated with an intense fear of social situations in which the individual may be scrutinized by others?

Answer 13

Social anxiety disorder

Question 14

Social anxiety disorder may be associated with anticipatory anxiety. What does this mean?

Answer 14

Anxiety starts to occur far in advance of the upcoming event.

Question 15

What type of disorder is associated with recurrent unexpected panic attacks?

Answer 15

Panic disorder

Question 16

What is an abrupt surge of intense fear or intense discomfort that reaches a peak in minutes?

Answer 16

Panic attack

Question 17

What is meant by a panic attack specifier?

Answer 17

This means that the panic attack occurs within the context of another mental disorder. For example, PSD with panic attack.

Question 18

What type of anxiety disorder is associated with an increase fear or anxiety associated with public transportation, open spaces, enclosed spaces, standing in lines or crowds, and being outside of the home alone?

Answer 18

Agoraphobia

Question 19

In agorphobia, the individual experiences what type of thoughts? As a result, what do patients do?

Answer 19

Individuals think something bad will happen and they will not be able to escape if it does. Patients will actively avoid these situations.

Question 20

What type of disorder is associated with excessive anxiety about everyday routine circumstances? The anxiety is out of proportion to the likelihood of the event actually occurring.

Answer 20

Generalized anxiety disorder

Question 21

What population, with GAD, tend to worry about everyday routine circumstances?

Answer 21

Adults

Question 22

What population, with GAD, tend to worry about competence or the quality of their performance?

Answer 22

Children

Question 23

What anxiety disorder is associated with repetitive and persistent thoughts, or urges that are intrusive and unpleasant?

Answer 23

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Question 24

What are the thoughts and urges?

Answer 24

Obsessions

Question 25

What is the behavior associated with trying to relieve anxiety from obsessions?

Answer 25

Compulsions

Question 26

In OCD, the obsessions and compulsions must be __ or cause significant ___.

Answer 26

Time consuming. Distress.

Question 27

What type of anxiety disorder is associated with a preoccupation of perceived defects or flaw in physical appearance? These flaws are not observable or appear only slightly to other individuals. These are unwanted, intrusive, and time-consuming.

Answer 27

Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Question 28

What type of anxiety disorder, most common associated in men, is the preoccupation that the body is too small or insufficiently lean or muscular?

Answer 28

Muscle dysmorphia

Question 29

What type of disorder is associated with persistent difficulties discarding or parting with possessions, regardless of their actual value?

Answer 29

Hoarding disorder

Question 30

Hoarding disorder. What type of clutter?

Answer 30

Excessive clutter

Question 31

Hoarding disorder. Is saving of the possessions intentional?

Answer 31

Yes, saving of the items are intentional.

Question 32

High anxiety and distress results when there is an attempt to do what to the possessions?

Answer 32

Discard to clear the possessions

Question 33

What type of disorder is associated with hair pulling leading to hair loss and clinically significant distress?

Answer 33

Trichotillomania (Hair-Pulling Disorder)

Question 34

What type of disorder is associated with recurrent picking of an individuals own skin?

Answer 34

Excoriation Disorder

Question 35

In order for Excoriation Disorder to be diagnosed, skin picking must lead to what?

Answer 35

Skin lesions

Question 36

In order for excoriation disorder to be diagnosed, the patient must have made what type of attempts to decrease or stop picking?

Answer 36

Repeated

Question 37

What type of disorder is associated with the inappropriate attachment behavior of a children who rawly or minimally turns preferentially to an attachment figure for support, protection, and nurturance?

Answer 37

Reactive attachment disorder

Question 38

In children with reactive attachment disorder, there is what type of expression of positive emotions during interactions with caregivers?

Answer 38

Absent or diminished expression of positive emotions

Question 39

What disorder is associated culturally inappropriate overly familiar behavior with relative strangers? This behavior violates the social boundaries.

Answer 39

Disinhibited social engagement disorder

Question 40

What type of disorder is hallmarked by the development of characteristic symptoms following exposure to one or more traumatic events?

Answer 40

PTSD

Question 41

What two characteristics are associated with PTSD?

Answer 41

Re-experience and avoidance

Question 42

What type of stress disorder is associated with the development of characteristics symptoms lasting 3 days to 1 month following exposure to one or more traumatic events?

Answer 42

Acute stress disorder

Question 43

What type of disorder is associated with the presence of emotional or behavior symptoms in response to an identifiable stressor?

Answer 43

Adjustment Disorders