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