Anxiety Symptoms and Treatment
Name 2 general anxiety symptoms
What is, trouble concentrating or making decisions, feeling irritable, tense or restless, experiencing nausea or abdominal distress, having heart palpitations, sweating, trembling or shaking, trouble sleeping, having a sense of impending danger, panic or doom.
What anxiety disorder presents as intense, irrational fears of specific objects or situations that lead to avoidance behavior and distress?
What is Specific Phobia
Name 1 substance mentioned in the PowerPoint the people suffering from anxiety tend to use.
What is, Marijuana, Alcohol, or Stimulants
It’s better to treat the disorders simultaneously so that they find better coping strategies, emotional regulation, and how to handle anxiety on their own.
What is True.
From the PowerPoint, name 2 symptoms that has effects on the body from anxiety.
What is, Headaches, Memory loss, high blood pressure, Heart Disease, Heart Attack, Chronic digestion, Excretory problems.
What anxiety disorder presents as excessive fear, worry or avoidance of situations that might cause someone to feel trapped or feel panicked?
What is Agoraphobia.
Nearly _____ of adolescents, meet criteria for anxiety disorder prior to age 18.
What is 1/3.
Nearly 30 percent of people who have a social anxiety disorder also have a co-occurring alcohol use disorder.
What is False. 20%
Name 2 therapeutic approaches listed in the PowerPoint to treating anxiety.
What is, CBT, Exposure Therapy, Virtual
Reality Therapy, Psychodymanic Therapy, Art Therapy, Interpersonal Psychotherapy.
What anxiety disorder presents as significant anxiety or phobias without meeting criteria for any other anxiety disorder, but the clinician chooses to communicate the specific reason one doesn’t meet criteria for any other anxiety disorder?
What is Other Specified Anxiety Disorder.
Many people use substances for self-medication purposes to_________
What is, help them relieve stress or feelings of anxiousness.
Black adults were more likely to report stress and worry about the health of family members and loved ones (39.3%) than were White adults (24.5%).
What is False. White adults were more likely to report stress and worry about the health of family members and loved ones (39.3%) than were Black adults (24.5%).