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exam ii: ch15 - anxiety and ocd Flashcards

1
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what is the most basic human emotion?

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anxiety

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apprehension, uneasiness, uncertainty, or dread from real or perceived threat

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anxiety

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3
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what are the benefits of normal anxiety?

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  • necessary for survival
  • carry out tasks for living
  • achieve goals
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4
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Is an emotional reaction to a specific danger

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fear

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5
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who came up with the different levels of anxiety

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hildegard peplau

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6
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why is it important to find out the level of anxiety severity

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find out appropriate interventions

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7
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name that anxiety level

normal experience of everyday living; reality perceived in sharp focus, increased motivation
- Enhanced learning and optimal functioning
- Sharp senses and increased motivation
- Grasps more information effectively
- Heightened awareness

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mild anxiety

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8
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name that anxiety level

perceptual field narrows; selective inattention, agitation, muscle tightness
- Narrowed perceptual field
- Selective inattention
- Decreased concentration and problem solving
- Sympathetic nervous system symptoms begin
- Muscular tension and restlessness

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moderate anxiety

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9
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name that anxiety level

perceptual field greatly reduced, ritualistic behavior, marked distress
- Perceptual field greatly reduced
- Difficulty concentrating on environment
- Severe cognitive impairment
- Confused and automatic behavior
- Somatic symptoms increase

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severe anxiety

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10
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name that anxiety level

most extreme; markedly disturbed behavior, distorted perception, loss of rational thought, immobility, often out of touch with reality
- Markedly disturbed behavior—running, shouting, screaming, pacing
- Unable to process reality; impulsivity
- Tendency to misperceive environment
- Complete loss of focus, NOT SAFE

A

panic anxiety

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10
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can you leave a person alone with panic anxiety?

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no

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10
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strengthening one to hide another

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compensation

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11
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refuse to face a negative behavior

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denial

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12
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take it out on someone else

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displacement

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13
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attach to something positive

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identification

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14
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conform feelings for approval

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introjection

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15
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see your faults in others

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projection

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16
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excuse and justify mistakes

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rationalization

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17
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pretend you are different than what you truly feel

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reaction formation

18
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acting younger to feel better

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regression

19
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putting things into darkness

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repression

20
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override negative with habit

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ritual and undoing

21
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divert negative ito acceptable

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sublimation

22
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anxiety type:

⇒ Developmentally inappropriate levels of concern over being away from a significant other to whom they are attached
- dx <18yrs after 1 month symptoms

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separation anxiety

23
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anxiety type:

abrupt surge of extreme apprehension/fear, feelings of impending doom
- peak within minutes
- persistent concern OR significant maladaptive change in behavior

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panic disorder/panic attacks

24
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anxiety type:

fear about being in a wide range of places/situations from which escape might be difficult or embarrassing
- avoiding = debilitating life constriction

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agoraphobia

25
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anxiety type:

persistent irrational fear of specific object, activity, or situation that leads to a desire for avoidance
- dogs, spiders, heights, storms, water, blood, closed spaces

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specific phobia

26
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anxiety type:

severe anxiety/fear provoked by exposure to a social situation that will be seen negatively by others
- scared to say something stupid
- fear of public speaking

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social anxiety disorder

27
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anxiety type:

excessive anxiety/worry that occurs more days than not
- lasts for >6months
- anticipate disaster, irritable, muscle tension, dec concentration, sleep disturbance

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generalized anxiety disorder

28
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Thoughts, impulses, or images that persist and recur, so that they cannot be dismissed from the mind

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obsessions

29
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Ritualistic behaviors an individual feels driven to perform and according t rules that must be applied rigidly in an attempt to reduce anxiety

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compulsions

30
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ocd type:

preoccupation with 1+ perceived defects or flaws in physical appearance that are NOT observable or slight to others
⇒ skin, acne, scars, hair, body size

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body dysmorphia

31
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ocd type:

persistent difficulty discarding/parting with possessions, regardless of actual value
- more common in older populations

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hoarding disorder

32
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ocd type:

oldest recorded psych disorder (more common in children), pulling one’s hair until hair loss
- more common F > M
- preceded by emotional state

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tricotillomania

33
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ocd type:

recurring skin picking

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excoriation disorder

34
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type of theories that = explain that unconscious childhood conflicts are the basis for future development

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psychodynamic

35
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theorist who said: threatening repressed ideas/emotions are close to breaking thru from the unconscious mind into the aware and conscious mind

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freud

36
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theorist who said: emotional distress when early needs go unmet or disapproval is experienced

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sullivan

37
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what is the first line of defense for most anxiety/OCD

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antidepressants

38
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what class of antidepressant is 1st line

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SSRIs

39
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what drug class has quicker onset than benzodiazepines?

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short acting sedative hypnotic sleep agents

40
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disadv of short acting sedative hypnotic sleep agents

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unpleasant taste when awaken

41
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what are the criteria to have deep brain stimulation?

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add to tx resistant OCD

failed 3 SSRIs

42
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s/s of
- insomnia, irritability, nervousness, dry mouth, convulsions, confusion

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withdrawal symptoms of benzos

43
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difference between systematic desensitization and flooding?

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SD = gradual introduction to fear object

flooding = exposing large amount of undesirable stimulus

44
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conscious, deliberate effort to avoid painful + anxiety producing memories

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suppression

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