Module 5.4a

Question 1

Anxiety Disorders

Answer 1

A group of disorders characterized by excessive fear and anxiety and related maladaptive behaviors.

Question 2

Social Anxiety Disorder

Answer 2

Intense fear and avoidance of social situations

Question 3

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Answer 3

An anxiety disorder in ehich a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal

Question 4

Panic Disorder

Answer 4

An anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable, minutes-long episodes of intense dread in which a person may experience terror and acoompanying chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensations; often followed by worry over a possible next attack.

Question 5

Agoraphobia

Answer 5

Fear or avoidance of situations, such as crowds or wide open places, where one may experience a loss of control and panic

Question 6

Specific Phobia

Answer 6

An anxiety diroder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific objects, activity, other than situation

Question 7

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Answer 7

A disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions), actions (compulsions), or both.

Question 8

Hoarding Disorder

Answer 8

A persistent difficulty partinf with possessions, regardless of their value

Question 9

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Answer 9

A disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, hypervigilance, avoidance of trauma-reated stimuli, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, numbness of feeling, and/or insomnia that lingers for 4 weeks or more after a traumatic experience

Question 10

Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders

Answer 10

A group of disorders in which exposure to a traumatic or stressful event is followed by psychological distress