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Psyc Exam 1
Anxiety Disorders
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| sudden onset of extreme apprehension or fear, usually associated with feelings of impending doom | panic attack |
| INTENSE, excessive anxiety or fear about bein in places or situations which escape might be difficult if panic attack occurred | agoraphobia |
| Recurrent unexpected panic attacks (without agoraphobia) | panic disorder |
| Persistent, irractional fear of a SPECIFIC object, activity or situation | Phobia |
| severe anxiety or fear provoked by exposure to a social situation | social phobia orsocial anxiety disorder |
| thoughts, impulses, or images that persist & recur sot that they cannot be dismissed from the mind | Obsession |
| ritualistic behavior that individual feels driven to perform in an attempt to reduce anxiety | compulsions |
| excessive anxiety or worry about numerous things that lasts for 6mths or longer | GAD - generalized anxiety disorder |
| repeated reexperiencing of highly traumatice event that involved actual /threatened death or serious injury to self or others | PTSD - posttraumatic stress disorder |
| occurs within 1 month after exposure to highly traumatic event | acute stress disorder |
| anxiety, panic attacks, obsessions & compulsions that develp w/use of substance or within a month of stopping use of substance | Substance-induced anxiety disorder |
| (Feeling of heart attack) Palpitations, chest pain, breathing difficulties, nausea, feelings of choking, chills, hot flashes | Symptoms of Panic attack |
| Fear of being alone outside, being alone at home, traveling a car, bus or airplane, being on a bridge | Symptoms of Agoraphobia |
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