Neuro (Test 2) - Lect 25 - Anxiety Disorders

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YERKES-DODSON LAW showed?

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that anxiety will help your performance up to a certain point, past that anxiety will hurt performance..

bell shaped curve

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what is the key to anxiety disorders?

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Anxiety disorders tend to be chronic or recurrent and impair social or occupational function

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describe a panic attack

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A period of intense fear or discomfort, in which at least 4 of the following symptoms developed abruptly and reach a peak within 10 minutes:

Palpitations or a pounding heart beat
Sweating
Trembling or Shaking
Shortness of breath or a sense of smothering
Feeling of choking
Chest pain or discomfort
Nausea or abdominal distress
Feeling dizzy, lightheaded or faint

there are even more...

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what is agoraphobia?

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Anxiety about being in places in situations from which escape might be difficult or embarrassing.
OR anxiety about help not being available if a panic attack occurs.
Fears typically involve being outside fo the home, being in a crowd/line, being on a bridge, and traveling in a bus, train, or car.
Situations are avoided or endured with distress or anxiety about having a panic attack
Rule Out

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what are the key features of panic disorder?

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Episodic attacks associated with fear and physical symptoms
Worry about having another attack
May present with or without agoraphobia

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Avoidance of certain places / situations due to fear of having a panic attack (with agoraphobia)..this is an example of?

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PANIC DISORDER

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describe the key features of AGORAPHOBIA WITHOUT HISTORY OF PANIC DISORDER

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Absence of panic disorder but may have had panic attack
Fear of being unable to get help in the event of having panic symptoms
Leads to avoidance of a variety of situations

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Fear of being outside the home alone; being in a crowd; traveling in a bus, train, or car; etc....example of?

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AGORAPHOBIA WITHOUT HISTORY OF PANIC DISORDER

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key feature of GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER

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Chronic uncontrollable worry about numerous events of everyday life

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Constant worrying about health, finances, job, family, ect., although concerns are unwarranted...example of?

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GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER

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key feature of SPECIFIC PHOBIA?

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Irrational fear of specific object or situation
Object or situation is avoided or endured with intense anxiety

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key feature of SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER

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Exaggerated fear of embarrassing oneself in a social or performance setting

has to be present for at least 6 months!

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commonly feared situations:
Public speaking
Talking with authority figures
Eating in public

example of?

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SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER

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key feature of ocd?

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Distress related to specific themes (obsessions), which is temporarily relieved by engaging in certain repeated activities (compulsions)

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fear of contamination, so excessive handwashing....example?

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ocd

obessions are the thoughts compulsions are the behaviors**

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key features of PTSD vs ASD

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Distress after exposure to a traumatic event involving actual or threatened death or serious injury
Symptoms last longer than 1 month in PTSD
Symptoms last from 2 days to 4 weeks in ASD

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Re-experiencing the trauma in flashbacks or nightmares for 2 weeks.....

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ACUTE STRESS DISORDER

would have to be a month to be ptsd

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Distinguish between normal anxiety and anxiety disorders?

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if it impairs functioning=anxiety disorder