General
Disorders that fall under this category are considered the most common and frequently occurring mental health disorders
Anxiety Disorders
True or False: Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is a chronic disorder with half of cases still experiencing symptoms after 2 years of diagnosis
True
A diagnosis characterized by persistent difficulty in discarding and parting with possessions, regardless of their actual value
What is Hoarding Disorder?
A disorder related to perceived defects in one's appearance has a high comorbidity with social anxiety disorder
What is Body Dysmorphic Disorder?
In order to assign a diagnosis, a practitioner must determine to what extent the following is impacted by the client's symptoms:
A) social functioning
B) academic/work functioning
C) activities of daily living
D) all of the above
D) all of the above
An experience that is stress inducing and/or results in fear or anxiety that is not persistent
transient fear or anxiety
A diagnosis that consists of marked fear or anxiety about any of the following: being in open spaces or enclosed places, standing in line or being in a crowd, using public transportation or being outside the home alone. These situations provoke fear or avoidance because of thoughts that escape might be difficult or help may not be available.
What is agoraphobia?
A diagnosis that encompasses a preoccupation with one or more perceived defects of flaws in physical appearance that are not observable or appear slight to others
What is Body Dysmorphic Disorder?
An 11 year old child is avoidant of going to school and can lash out in anger at his parents when they get him ready for the bus stop. This has been going on almost daily, since the child started middle school. What two differential diagnoses should be taken into account?
Separation anxiety disorder
Social anxiety disorder
A standardized assessment tool that is used to measure anxiety related symptoms
What is the GAD-7?
True or False: Women are more likely to have and/or report symptoms of anxiety or an anxiety related diagnosis
True
This diagnosis consists of marked fear or anxiety about a specific object or situation, which is actively avoided or endured with intense fear or anxiety that is out of proportion to the actual danger posed.
What is Specific Phobia?
True or False: Most compulsions as part of OCD symptomology are observable behaviors
False. Most compulsions are not observable behaviors, but metal situations such as counting, reciting song lyrics, or prayers
A 21 year old female client experiences frequent worry most days and is on edge, reporting "I feel like I could come out of my skin". She has difficulty controlling her negative thoughts and worries. She enjoys times with friends, but often feels anxious prior to a planned event. At times, this fear has made he call off social engagements.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Social Anxiety Disorder
Ruling out disorders such as dermatological disorders, schizophrenia, or side effects of a medication is necessary to correctly assign this OCD-related diagnosis
What is Trichotillomania?
True or False: Onset of OCD related symptoms after age 40 is common
False.
50% of those with a diagnosis of OCD had onset in early adulthood, and 50% in childhood or adolescence.
False.
Panic attacks can occur in the context of any anxiety disorder as well as other mental/medical disorders. It should be noted as a specifier.
A specifier for an OCD related diagnosis in which the individual can or cannot recognize the validity of their obsessive-compulsive beliefs
What is insight?
Sally is accessing mental health treatment because she feels "like I'm always on the verge of going crazy" and that she "is on edge about everything, every day". She reports persistent worry about losing control when she's at work and has been spending more time in the bathroom to calm herself down. Because of this, her work productivity has decreased to the point her supervisor has noticed.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Panic Disorder
What is assessing for impairment in functioning ?
True or False: Studies have not been able to determine the causes of the obsessive compulsive and related disorders.
True.
Family studies have indicated that the disorders do have an inheritability component, however it is unknown if this is due to genetics, environmental risk factors, or a combo of both.
A diagnosis that consists of recurrent unexpected panic attacks with persistent concern or worry about additional attacks or their consequences. This is followed by a significant maladaptive change in behavior related to the attacks.
What is Panic Disorder?
A risk factor for people with OCD diagnoses depending on severity of symptoms and/or severity of comorbid diagnoses such as depression or anxiety
What is OCD related suicidal thoughts or behavior?
These symptoms can lead to obsessions or compulsions that are not realistic and that appear to be OCD related but meet another diagnostic criteria
What are psychotic symptoms?
Cognitive models identify six key beliefs domains that contribute to OCD symptomology. Name at least one.
Inflated sense of responsibility
Estimation of threat
Perfectionism
Intolerance of uncertainty
Over importance of thoughts
Need to control thoughts