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anxiety disorders
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14% of disorders
9 anxiety disorders in DSM |
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Separation Anxiety Disorder
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excessive anxiety about being away from caregiver
worry about harm to attachment figures or self physical complaints when separated refusal to sleep alone nightmares about separation or harm seems reasonably socially skilled, school refusal |
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder
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excessive worry at least 6 mths
cant control the worry restless fatigue can't concentrate irritability muscle tension sleep problems comorbid with depression, worry functions as avoidance |
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Specific Phobia
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excessive fear of object/situation
immediate anxiety response upon exposer to feared object avoided or endured with intense distress often have more than one phobia, fear of flying most common phobia that receives treatment, evolutionary in origin |
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Social Phobia (Eating, Speaking, Writing, Restroom, Generalized)
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Fear of social or performance situations (1 or more).
mostly occurs in adolescence b/c more self conscious, more prevalent in girls, alcohol reduces anxiety |
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
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obsessions - can't get mind of things
compulsions - behaviors/actions one has to do repeatedly; serve to reduce anxiety kids often involve family in rituals, more common in boys, comorbid with other anxiety disorders, disruptive behaviors. common onset =9-12 early onset=6-10 (tends to only be compulsions) |
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Panic Disorder
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Panic Attacks for a period of 1 month out of the blue, lasts no more than 10 minutes
worried about another attack with or without agoraphobia might avoid a lot of situations most common in adolescent females onset = 15-19 disorder with lowest rate of remission |
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Post Traumatic Stress Disoder
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Atypical event
re-experiencing event through nightmares/flashbacks avoidance of associated stimuli, arousal symptoms greater in children exposed to life threatening events correlated strongly with degree of exposure treatment: effective only if exposed to feared stimuli |
