Anxiety Disorders

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Key Componenets

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•Excessive anxiety and worry:more days than not, at least 6mo, across several events/activities

•The key component is worry. they're continually tense, anxious, and have an arousal of the autonomic nervous system
•Difficulty controlling the worry.

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder: DSM Criteria

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For 6mo, more days than not, across several activities/events
At least 3 or more:
•Restlessness
•Easily fatigued
•Difficulty concentrating/ mind going blank
•High levels of irritability
•Muscle tension
•Sleep Disturbance(Difficulty falling/staying asleep •Causes significant distress or impairment
•Not attributed to substance/medical condition
•Not better explained by another disorder (only in social situations/phobias)

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Panic Disorder: Key Components

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•Recurrent unexpected panic attacks (one does not constitute a disorder and you can have a panic attack in other disorders, but that doesn't mean panic disorder)
•At least one attack has been followed by at least one month of:
o Persistent worry or concern about additional panic attacks or their consequences
o A change in behavior related to the attacks. •Not attributable to a substance or medical condition
•Not better explained by another disorder.

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Panic Disorder: DSM Criteria

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• An abrupt surge of intense fear or discomfort
4 or more following symptoms
•Palpitations, pounding heart, or accelerated heart rate
•Sweating
•Trembling or shaking •Sensations of shortness of breath / smothering •Feelings of choking
•Chest pain/discomfort
•Nausea or abdominal distress
•Dizzy, unsteady, light-headed or faint
•Chills/heat sensations
•Paresthesias (pins and needles)
•Derealization
•Fear of losing control / “going crazy
•Fear of dying

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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Key Components

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Intrusive thoughts or obsessives and repetitive acts
Includes: Hording, trichotillomania, skin picking disorder

Obsessions: Recurrent and persistent thoughts, impulses, or images that are deemed intrusive and inappropriate and lead to distress. Contamination is the most common obsession

Compulsions: repetitive behaviors (such as checking) that are performed in response to obsessions and according to rigid rules.

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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: DSM Criteria

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Three or more of the following:
• Presence of obsessions, compulsions or both
• The obsessions or compulsions are time-consuming or cause significant distress or impairment.
• Not attributable to a substance or medical condition
• Not better explained by another disorder.

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Social Anxiety Disorder (social phobia): Dsm Criteria

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•Fear that one will show anxiety or act in a way that will be negatively evaluated.
•Fear or anxiety about social situations (if child has to be w/adults&peers)
•Situations are either avoided or endured with distress
•Fear is out of proportion to the actual threat
•Fear, anxiety, or avoidance is consistant
•Causes clinically significant distress or impairment •Not better explained by another disorder

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Substance Use Disorder: DSM Criteria

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2 or more within 12mo.

•Impaired control: Taking more/needing more than intended, Desire to cut down, but unable to
Time invested in obtaining substance and recovering and Cravings

•Social Impairment: Unable to fulfill major roles/obligations,continued use despite problems, Activities reduced/given up

•Risk use of the substance: Ending up in harmful situations, Continued use despite recurrent problems

•Pharmacological Criteria:Tolerance & Withdrawl

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Substance Use Disorders: Severity

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Mild: 2-3 symptoms
Moderate: 4-5 Symptoms
Severe: 6 or more symptoms

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Intoxication

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reversible substance-specific syndrome due to recent ingestion of a substance

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Withdrawal

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substance-specific syndrome due to stopping or reducing use after prolonged use

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Obsessions

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Recurrent and persistent thoughts, impulses, or images that are deemed intrusive and inappropriate and lead to distress. Contamination is the most common obsession

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Compulsions

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Repetitive behaviors (such as checking) that are performed in response to obsessions and according to rigid rules.