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What is the usual onset of anxiety disorders?
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early: teens or early twenties
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What is the female:male ratio of anxiety disorders?
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"2:1
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T/F Anxiety disorders typically have a waxing/waning course over the lifetime.
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TRUE
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How is anxiety distinguished between normal and pathologic?
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"Normal anxiety is adaptive. It is an inborn response to threat or to the absence of people or objects that signify safety.
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What does primary versus secondary anxiety refer to?
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"Either due to:
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What are the 7 primary anxiety disorders?
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"Panic Disorder
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What is the criteria for a panic attack?
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"A discrete period of intense fear in which 4 of the following
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What is the criteria for panic disorder?
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"1. Recurrent unexpected panic attacks
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Onset in ...
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"1.6-2.2%
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...% have history of substance dependence"
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"30-50%
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** What are the different etiologies of panic disorder?
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"Drugs/alcohol
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What is the treatment of panic disorder? (3)
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"1. Education, reassurance, elimination of caffeine, alcohol, drugs, OTC stimulants
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** What medications can be used to treat panic disorder? (7)
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"SSRIs
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** What is the treatment response of panic disorder?
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70%
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What is the criteria for GAD?
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"1. Excessive worry
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female:male ratio?"
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"5%
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"90%
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What is the treatment of GAD?
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"1. meds
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** What meds can be used to treat GAD?
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"buspirone
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What are obsessions?
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"recurrent and persistent thoughts, impulses or images that are intrusive, inappropriate and cause marked anxiety
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What are compulsions?
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"1. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts driven to perform in response to an obsession, according to rigidly applied rules
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T/F Patients with OCD at some point has recognized that the obsessions or compulsions are excessive.
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TRUE
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For a diagnosis of OCD, the obsessions or compulsions cause marked distress, take ... or interfere with the person’s normal routine or function
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> 1 hour/day
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Female:male?"
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"2-3% of general population
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** What is the etiology of OCD?
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"Genetics
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** What is the % treatment response of OCD?
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40-60%
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** What are the treatment options for OCD?
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"1. Serotonergic antidepressants
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What is the trauma criteria for PTSD?
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"-The event involved actual or threatened death or serious injury to self or others.
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In addition to a trauma event, what are the three additional criteria for a diagnosis of PTSD?
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"1. Reexperiencing (>1): recurrent recollections, nightmares, flashbacks, intense physiologic distress or physiological reactivity at exposure to cues.
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What is the time criteria (duration of sx) for PTSD?
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"duration of sx is >1 month
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... of sexual assault victims"
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"9.2%
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** What populations have an increased risk of PTSD? (4)
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"1. women, younger people
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** What are the 5 major co-morbidities of PTSD?
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"Depression
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** What are the etiologies of PTSD?
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"Conditioned fear
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What immediately after the trauma predicts PTSD?
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autonomic arousal
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What are the treatment options for PTSD?
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"Cognitive-behavioral therapy, exposure
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** What medications are used for PTSD?
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"antidepressants
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What is a social phobia?
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"Marked fear of one or more social or performance situations in which the person is exposed to the possible scrutiny of others and fears he will act in a way that will be humiliating
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causes significant ..."
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"2-13.3%
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** What are the two major comorbidities with social phobias?
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"alcoholism
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** What are the etiologies of social phobias?
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"1. Initial remembered traumatic event in 58%
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What are the treatment options for social phobia? (4)
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"Social skills training
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** What medications can be used for social phobia? (5)
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"SSRIs
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What is a specific phobia?
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"Marked or persistent fear that is excessive or unreasonable cued by the presence or anticipation of a specific object or situation
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female:male?"
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"up to 20%
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What is the etiology of specific phobias?
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Learning, contextual conditioning
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What is the treatment of specific phobias?
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systematic desensitization
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