Anxiety Disorders
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| what are the six types of anxiety disorders? | generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder, acute stress disorder, obsessive complusive disorder
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| what is generalized anxiety disorder? | persistent worrying causing problems in daily functioning
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| what are the symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder? | worrying about the future, constant surveillance of danger, sweating, dizziness, racing heart
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| what is generalized anxiety disorder caused by? | low levels of GABA or receptors are defective
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| how does the psychodynamic perspective treat generalized anxiety disorder? | controlling the id; creation of defense mechanisms
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| how does the humanistic perspective treat generalized anxiety disorder? | "client center therapy" development of unconditional positive regard
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| how does the cognitive perspective treat generalized anxiety disorder? | rational emotive therapy--teaching coping skills and help to recognize faulty assumptions
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| how does the biological perspective treat generalized anxiety disorder? | biofeedback, relaxation techniques, antianxiety drugs
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| how do phobias differ from normal experiences of fear? | fear is very intense, avoidance, causes dysfunction
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| what are the three categories of phobias? | specific, social, and agoraphobia
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| what are specific phobias? | persistent fear of objects or situations; may suffer from more than one at a time
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| what are social phobias? | severe, persistent, and unreasonable fear of social or performance situations where embarrassment may occur BROAD or NARROW
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| what is agoraphobia? | fear of leaving the house
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| what causes phobias to develop? | modeling, classical conditioning, & perhaps a biological predisposition
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| what are treatments for specific phobias? | systematic desensitization, flooding, modeling
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| what are the treatments for social phobias? | antidepressants, behavioral exposure, social skills training
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| what is panic disorder? what are the two types? | periodic fear of death, losing control--panic disorder with agoraphobia, panic disorder without agoraphobia
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| how long does a panic attack usually last? | 1-30 minutes
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| what contributes to panic disorder? | abnormal function of norepinephrine, overexaggerate symptoms
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| what are the treatments for panic disorder? | antidepressants/benzodiapines, attempt to correct misinterpretations through education and coping skills
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| what is obsessive compulsive disorder? | combination of obsessions (persistent thoughts, impulses, desires) and compulsions (repeated and rigid behavior people feel they must perform to reduce anxiety)
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| what are the features of obsessions? | intrusive thoughts, most common: cleaning, touching, cooking, checking
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| what are the features of compulsions? | yielding to obssessions; "voluntary" behaviors or mental acts performed to reduce anxiety
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| what are the treatments for OCD? | antidepressants (increase serotonin), exposure and response prevention
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