Anxiety Disorders
Characterized by intense, uncontrollable, unfocused, and chronic worry that is both distressing and unproductive. Physical symptoms include tension, irritability, and restlessness.
Key Word: WORRY
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD).
Characterized by patterns of eating which involve distress inducing binges, but the person makes no attempt to purge the food. People with this disorder are often above a healthy BMI.
What is Binge-Eating Disorder (BED)?
Characterized by abnormal events shorty after or during sleep (i.e. sleep walking). Includes tow categories: REM and non-REM types.
What is Parasomnia?
Social Anxiety Disorder is best treated by this kind of CBT setting.
What is group CBT?
Characterized by an unreasonable fear of a specific object or situation (i.e. arachnophobia, claustrophobia, acrophobia, etc.).
What is a Specific Phobia?
Characterized by a disruptive preoccupation with an imagined defect in appearance (i.e. arms too long). Not classified as an OCD or eating disorder.
What is Body Dysmorphic Disorder?
Sub-classification of a disorder in which individuals binge on small amounts of food and consistently purge.
What binge-eating-purge type anorexia?
Characterized by the cessation of the respiratory system for brief periods, thus disrupting sleep. People with this disorder are often obese and older.
What is Sleep Apnea?
This type of medication is commonly prescribed to patients suffering anxiety and/or various insomnias.
What are Benzodiazapines?
Term referring to thoughts and behaviors (i.e. dreams, compulsions, desires, etc.) that are in conflict, or dissonant, with the needs and goals of the ego, thus conflicting with one's ideal self.
What is Egodystonic?
Characterized by an obsession with a particular idea or aspect which subsequently triggers a compulsion to act in a way which relieves the stress caused by the obsession.
What is an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
Characterized by recurrent episodes of uncontrolled excessive eating followed by compulsory actions to purge food, which is via vomiting, laxatives, exercise, diuretics, or fasting. People diagnosed with bulimia are usually within a healthy BMI.
What is Bulimia Nervosa?
Characterized by lack of synchronization with daylight and night, which causes extreme tiredness when functioning is required and inability to sleep when sleep is needed. Disorder is prevalent in people who work graveyard shifts.
What is Circadian Rhythm Sleep-Wake Disorder?
SSRIs (like Prozac) are not only effective in treating depression, but also these types of disorders.
What are anxiety disorders?
Anxiety is the result of these two components.
What are fears and cognitions?
Characterized by extreme, enduring, irrational fear and avoidance of social situations. Some will develop selective mutism.
What is Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD)?
This percentage of people with bulimia nervosa will die as a result of electrolyte imbalance, which ultimately leads to heart failure if persistent.
What is 10%?
Characterized by recurrent/intense need for sleep. Occurs in frequent lapses. People with this disorder can achieve REM in under 15 minutes.
What is Narcolepsy?
Treatment often results in inpatient treatment, as the egosyntonic aspect of this disorder renders CBT unaffective.
What is anorexia nervosa?
This term denotes a future oriented mood state, which translates into apprehension about coming dangers and/or misfortunes.
What is Anxiety?
Characterized by recurrent, unexpected panic attacks accompanied with anxiety about future attacks. Often accompanied by agoraphobia.
What is Panic Disorder (PD)?
Characterized by persistent refusal to eat food and the attainment of dangerously low weight. Behavior is described as egosyntonic.
What is Anorexia Nervosa?
Characterized by problems initiating and maintaining sleep. Often, these people believe lack of sleep is more detrimental than in reality.
What is Insomnia Disorder?
This disorder's symptoms are relieved via a mechanical apparatus which promotes regular breathing during sleep.
What is sleep apnea?
Term referring to behaviors, values, and feelings that are in harmony with or acceptable to the needs and goals of the ego, or consistent with one's ideal self (i.e. drinking a beer is pleasure inducing).
What is Egosyntonic?