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What is anxiety?
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Feelings of fear and apprehension
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How does anxiety manifest itself? Give examples of each.
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Cognitively-fear of impending doom/preoccupation with dangers
Behaviorally-avoid anxiety producing situations Physiology/Somatically-sick to stomach, dry mouth, fainting, diarrhea, sweat, chest pain |
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What is Panic Disorder?
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Severe and frightening episodes of impending doom
Free-floating anxiety |
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What is free-floating anxiety?
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Don't know the source or cause
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What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
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Persistent high levels of anxiety
Over-alertness Free-floating anxiety Second most prevalent anxiety disorder Difficulty sleeping/always on edge |
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What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?
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Intrusive and uncontrolled thoughts or needs to perform specific actions
Obsessions:intrusive uncontrolled and persistent thoughts Compulsions:behavior performed in stereotypical manner |
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What is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?
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Anxiety disorder that develops in response to extreme psychological trauma
Feelings of terror or helplessness Re-experiencing of event in dreams |
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What is a somatoform disorder?
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Body Disorder
Complaints of physical symptoms yet there is no organic cause Symptoms not voluntary or under conscious control Clients believe symptoms are real |
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What is Dissociative Amnesia Disorder?
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Psychologically based inability to recall personally significant information
More in women than men Cause:Psychological trauma Treatment:Spontaneous Remission |
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What is Spontaneous Remission?
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Recovery from psychological disorders without treatment, just time
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What is Dissociative Fugue Disorder?
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Dissociative amnesia disorder + flight
-Forget personally significant information -Travel to new location -Take on new partially developed personality More in women than men Cause:Psychological trauma Treatment:Spontaneous remission |
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What is Depersonalization disorder?
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More common than other dissociative disorders
Intense feelings of unreality concerning self and one's environment Young adults Body distorted and environment-dreamlike Can function but disrupted Cause:Psychological trauma Treatment:Psychotherapy |
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What is Dissociative Identity Disorder?
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Develops at least two or more distinct relatively independent personalities
Most common in women who have been abused Cause:Psychological trauma Treatment:Psychotherapy |
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What is Somatization Disorder?
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Chronic complaints of bodily symptoms yet there is no organic cause
Multiple physical complaints at early onset (Gas/nausea/diarrhea/vomiting/pain) Shop around for doctors Anxiety/depression More in women-1% of all women Cause:Psychological Stressors Treatment:Psychotherapy |
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What is Conversion Disorder?
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Loss or alteration of physical functioning
Paresis(muscle paralysis) Not voluntary No organic cause Parasthesia(prickling or tingling sensation) Cause:Psychological trauma Treatment:Psychotherapy |
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What is Pain Disorder?
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Reports of pain in excess of that expected within an existing physical condition or linger long after physical injury has healed (psychalgia pain main complaint)
More in women than men Frequent visits to MD Cause:Psychosocial; Psychological conflict Treatment:Psychotherapy |
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What is Hypochondriasis?
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Persistent preoccupation with one's health and physical condition yet no organic cause
Chest pain/headaches/incurable disease Physical illness history Cause:Psychosocial Treatment:Psychotherapy |
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What is Body Dysmorphic Disorder?
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Preoccupation with some imagined defect in appearance
Concern with facial features spots/hair/eyes,face,nose Seek medical attention Undergo multiple medical procedures Emotional problems Body image slim to anorexia nervosa Cause:Psychological Treatment:Psychotherapy |
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What are phobias?
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Strong, persistent, and unwarranted fear of some specific object or situation
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What are the 3 subcategories of phobias listed in DSM-IV-TR?
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Agoraphobia, social phobias, and specific phobias
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What is Agoraphobia?
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Intense fear of being in public spaces where escape or help may not be available
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What is Social Phobia?
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Intense fear of being scrutinized
Social situations At least 6 months Begins in adolescence Rare except in public speaking |
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What is Specific Phobia?
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Extreme fear of a specific object or situation
Most common psychological disorder |
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What is a dissociative disorder?
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Mental disorder in which a person's identity, memory, and consciousness are altered or disrupted
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