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39 Cards in this Set
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of an emotional response –unknown origin
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o anxiety
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more of a cognitive response
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fear
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day to day living-can motivate learning
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o mild anxiety
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What happens in the moderate anxiety level?
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- optimal learning
- focuses on immediate concern - decreased attention span - decreased ability to concentrate - Gastric discomfort -increased muscle tension |
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- optimal learning
- focuses on immediate concern - decreased attention span - decreased ability to concentrate - Gastric discomfort -increased muscle tension |
moderate anxiety
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o excessive anxiety or dread
o present more days than not for a period of 6 months or more |
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder GAD
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o focuses on variety of life events or activities
o difficult to control and cause significant distress or impairment in functioning |
GAD
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o not caused by medications, drugs or illness
o three or more symptoms included: restlessness, easy fatigue, difficulty concentrating, irritability, muscle tension, sleep disturbance |
GAD
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o excessive anxiety or dread
o present more days than not for a period of 6 months or more o focuses on variety of life events or activities o difficult to control and cause significant distress or impairment in functioning o not caused by medications, drugs or illness o three or more symptoms included: restlessness, easy fatigue, difficulty concentrating, irritability, muscle tension, sleep disturbance |
GAD
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o episodes of intense anxiety - begins abruptly and reach a peak within 10 minutes
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Panic disorder
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What are the symptoms that you could have for panic disorder? You need to at have four to be considered panic.
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o at least four symptoms included: palpitations or rapid heart rate, sweating, trembling, sob, sensation of choking, chest pain, nausea, dizziness, fear of losing control, fear of dying, numbness or tingling, chills or hot flushes, and sense of altered reality, depersonalization, disrealization …flight or flight response….
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o strong wish to escape or run away
o have little or no residual anxiety between attacks o provoked; appear “out of the blue” specific setting |
Panic disorder
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o persistent fear of a specific object or situations (ex: afraid to ride in elevator)
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Phobia
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What are the two different kinds of phobias?
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social phobias
specific phobias |
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some people are afraid to be around in public with lots of people
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social phobia
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ex: being afraid of spiders, dogs, etc…)
• excessive or unreasonable, significant social, occupational, or academic disruption |
Specific phobia
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o suffer from a combination of…obsessions and compulsions
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OCD
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What is the viscous cycle that accompanies OCD?
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their anxiety goes up
the obsessions make anxiety go up and the compulsions make anxiety to go down |
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Do people with OCD know they have the disease?
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Yes
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inability of ego to intervene when conflict occurs between the id and the superego (produces anxiety)
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Psychodynamic theory
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How long do people need to have symptoms of PTSD for it to be considered PTSD?
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1 month or longer
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What are the key features of PTSD?
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exposure to traumatic event
event persistently re-experienced avoidance of trauma associated stimuli increased arousal duration longer than one month significant stress/impairment |
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exposure to ________ event
event __________ re-experienced avoidance of trauma associated stimuli increased arousal duration longer than one ______ significant stress/impairment |
exposure to traumatic event
event persistently re-experienced avoidance of trauma associated stimuli increased arousal duration longer than one month significant stress/impairment PTSD |
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disoriented thinking
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cognitive theory
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anxiety is attributed to the stressor
leads to problem solving |
internal locus of control
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anxiety is attributed to an external source
leads to phobia |
external locus of control
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o individual psychotherapy
o cognitive therapy o behavioral therapy |
implosion therapy
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What are the cognitive distortions that are seen in the cognitive theory?
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o all or nothing thinking (black and white)
o overgeneralization o discounting the positives o jumping to conclusions o magnification or minimization o “should” statements o personalization o Catastrophizing |
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What are some ways that you can overcome cognitive distortions?
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o identify and monitor automatic thoughts
o recognize connections between thoughts, feelings and behaviors o evaluate the reasonableness of automatic thoughts o substitute more reasonable interpretations of dysfunctional automatic thoughts o challenge negative automatic thoughts o behavioral experiments |
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What part of the brain is responsible for anxiety?
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lower part or subcortex
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What biochemical and neurochemical is responsible for anxiety?
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-blood lactate
-Norepinephrine |
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____________ mediates arousal.
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Norepinephrine
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What are the different types of treatment modalities to tx for anxiety disorders?
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Individual psychotherapy
Cognitive therapy Behavioral therapy Systematic desensitization Implosive therapy Group therapy Psychopharmacology |
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What are the psychopharmacology regimens for someone who has panic disorder?
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Anxiolytics
Antidepressants Antihypertensives |
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What type of meds would you want to give to someone who has GAD?
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Anxiolytics
Antidepressents Antihypertensives |
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What type of meds do you want to give to someone who has a phobia?
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Anxiolytics
Antidepressents Antihypertensives |
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What type of meds would you give to a pt with OCD?
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Antidepressents
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What types of drugs would give to a person with PTSD?
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Anxiolytics
Antidepressents Antihypertensives Lithium Antipsychotics |
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How do you prevent anxiety?
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Balance demands and resources
Openness to lifestyle change Watch for cognitive errors Acceptance |
