Levels of Anxiety
This level of anxiety can cause lowered concentration and attention span. This level may hinder problem solving.
What is moderate anxiety?
What is Social Anxiety Disorder?
Mind and body practice where an individual focuses on a word or sensation (e.g. breathing) to improve health and well-being.
What is Meditation?
Common name for diazepam?
What is Valium?
Piglet, from Winnie the Pooh, presents with chronic excessive worry and is easily startled. He may be diagnosed with this anxiety disorder.
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
This level of anxiety presents with a sudden onset of extreme apprehension or fear, usually associated with feelings of impending doom. Loss of contact with reality is evident. Can be life threatening.
What is panic?
Anxiety caused by public transportation, open spaces, crowds of people, being outside the home.
What is Agoraphobia?
This neurotransmitter is an inhibitory acid and decreases nerve excitability.
What is GABA?
This type of medication relieves symptoms by blocking the reabsorption of serotonin by certain nerve cells in the brain.
What is SSRI (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors)
Winnie the Pooh's fixation on honey and repetitive counting of his honey jars could be suggestive of what anxiety disorder?
What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?
The perceptual field of a person is greatly reduced. There can be difficulty completing a simple task. Effective learning is not possible at this level of anxiety.
What is severe anxiety?
This disorder consists of persistent and excessive worrying, causing physical and psychological symptoms.
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
Patient is gradually exposed to a phobia while engaging in learned relaxation techniques during this type of therapy.
What is Systematic Desensitization?
Antidote for benzodiazepine overdose.
What is flumazenil/Romazicon?
In the frosty kingdom of "Frozen" Elsa battles inner demons of fearing she will harm her loved ones and as a result she isolates herself and suffers from this disorder?
What is Agoraphobia?
This occurs in the normal experience of everyday living, allows an individual to perceive reality in sharp focus. Can be beneficial for learning.
What is mild anxiety?
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
This neurotransmitter affects sleep, focus, autonomic nervous system function.
What norepinephrine?
A nonbenzodiazepine anxiolytic that doesn't cause dependence but must be taken for 2 to 6 weeks for full effects to become apparent.
What is buspirone (BuSpar)
Rapunzel suffers from this anxiety disorder.
What is Trichotillomania?
In these two levels of anxiety a nurse can help a patient identify triggers and evaluate coping mechanisms that have been successfully used in the past.
What are mild and moderate levels of anxiety?
Obsessive preoccupation with perceived defects in ones physical appearance.
What is Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Patient is exposed to the feared stimuli at full intensity for a prolonged period until it no longer causes anxiety during this type of behavioral therapy.
What is Flooding?
Ariel from The Little Mermaid was obsessed with collecting totally useless things. She had unneeded garbage in her home that was overflowing with stuff that she wouldn't throw away. "Gadgets and gizmos of plenty".
What is Hoarding Disorder?