Learning Curve- 15b- Anxiety-Related Disorders

Although Mark realizes his behavior is unreasonable, he is so distraught by high bridges that he avoids them and takes an unnecessarily lengthy route to and from work each day. Mark appears to suffer from:

a phobia not - generalized anxiety disorder - bipolar disorder - obsessive-compulsive disorder

Which disorder is NOT related to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)?

disruptive mood dysregulation disorder not - excoriation - trichotillomania - hoarding disorder

Lenore is continually tense and plagued by muscle tension, sleeplessness, and an inability to concentrate. Lenore most likely suffers from a(n):

generalized anxiety disorder not - persistent depressive - bipolar - obsessive-compulsive

People who suffer from ___ disorder are so preoccupied by unwanted repetitive thoughts or actions that they are unable to function in their daily life

obsessive-compulsive

Sally is focused on cleaning her home, which she does for 3 to 4 hours per day. In particular, the fringe on her rugs must be straight on both sides in all five rooms. This takes considerable time, and she often repeats this 10 to 12 times per day in addition to her ritualistic cleaning. Her experience is MOST symptomatic of _____ disorder.

obsessive-compulsive not - dissociative - antisocial personality - generalized anxiety

Michael is extremely fearful of germs. He sleeps in a special chamber at night, wears gloves, and will only eat food that he can unwrap. His symptoms are most characteristic of:

obsessive-compulsive not - dissociative - generalized anxiety - antisocial personality

Avoiding eating in public, speaking up in public, and going to parties is characteristic of _____ anxiety disorder.

social not - dissociative - persistent - generalized

____ disorder is characterized by a person having lingering memories, nightmares, and other symptoms for weeks after a severely threatening, uncontrollable event

Posttraumatic Stress not - Obsessive-compulsive - Panic - Generalized Anxiety

People who feel irrationally and intensely afraid of a specific object or situation are suffering from:

a phobia not - generalized anxiety disorder - obsessive-compulsive disorder - panic disorder

Thirty-five-year-old Lucy needs to have her blood taken. She is so distraught by this that she must mentally prepare herself for it as well as take a short-acting sedative. Lucy seems to be suffering from:

a phobia not - obsessive-compulsive disorder - bipolar disorder - generalized anxiety disorder

Stella has been diagnosed with panic disorder and refuses to leave her home without her husband. She fears any situation in which she cannot escape or find help when a panic attack would strike. Stella suffers not only from panic disorder but also from _____.

agoraphobia

Acquiring a phobia is to maintaining a phobia as _____ conditioning is to _____ conditioning.

classical, operant not - operant, instrumental - classical, respondent - operant, classical