Anxiety is described as a _______________ human experience.
What is universal (pg 190)
100
Individual experiences a sens of awe, dread and/or terror. (i.e., earthquake)
What is panic (table 12-1 pg 194)
100
Persistent, excessive, or unreasonable fear of something specific.
What is PHOBIA (pg 195)
100
Intense feelings of anxiety and/or fear of losing control, causes person to avoid going out or situations that may bring about anxiety.
What is AGORAPHOBIA (pg 195)
100
Generalized Anxiety Disorder is very much a "diagnosis of _________"
What is EXCLUSION (PG 194)
200
Like anxiety, there is a strong sense of dread with autonomic nervous system responses to me. However, my responses are FOCUSED on a specific object or event.
What is FEAR (pg 191)
200
Focus is on immediate concerns (i.e., taking an exam)
What is Moderate anxiety. (table 12-1 pg 194)
200
Descrete episodes of intense anxiety that begin abruptly and reach a peak within 10 minutes.
What is PANIC DISORDER (pg 195)
200
Recurrent recollections, dreams, hallucinatory-like flashbacks, impairment of social functioning.
What is POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
200
Epidemiological Catchment Area Study showed that ___ - ___% of individuals in the area studied met DSM-III criteria for GAD at some time in their lives.
What is 4-7%, 5% is current best estimate. (pg 194)
300
This physiological response to anxiety is to facilitate the human need for more oxygen.
What is bronchodialation. (per Ms Whitsell)
300
Tension of day-to-day living. (i.e., missing the bus)
What is Mild anxiety (table 12-1 pg 194)
300
Occurrences of recurrent thoughts, images and/or impulses that are intrusive and inappropriate.
What is OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER (pg 195)
300
Palpitations, sweating, trembling, SOB, sensation of choking, CP, n/v, dizzy, fear of losing control, fear of dying, sense of altered reality.
What is PANIC DISORDER
300
Pt w/ GAD often present in significant distress from their __________, freqently made harder to tolerate by social and situational _________.
What is symptoms, stressors. (pg 194)
400
Darwin wrote that fear may have two very different functions.
What is fight or flight (flee) pg 191
400
Focus is on specific detail. (i.e., witness a car accident)
What is Severe anxiety (table 12-1 pg 194)
400
Anxiety focused on a variety of life events or activities.
What is GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER (pg 195)
400
Person recognizes that his thoughts and/or behaviors are unreasonable; but feel unable to stop the repetitive behavior.
What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
400
DSM-IV criteria : anxiety must both be difficult to ___________ and cause significant distress/impairment in _____________.
What is control and functioning. (pg194)
500
PET scans of people experiencing anxiety show increased blood flow here.
What is limbic system and cerebral cortex. (pg 192)
500
Anxiety exists as part of each person's everyday ___________ and also exists as a distinct _____________ condition.
What is existence and psychiatric. (pg 193)
500
After exposure to a significant, life-threatening event.
What is POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (pg 195)
500
Restlessness, fatigue, difficulty in concentrating, irritability, muscle tension, sleep disturbances.
What is GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER
500
DSM-IV requires that at least _____ symptoms be present, and not caused by __________, drugs, or ____________.