Anxiety, Obessive-Compulsive, and Related Disorders

According to current research, using relaxtion training to treat generalized anxiety disorder is:

better than nothing and ab out as effective as medication

A phobic person is taken to a snake-handling convention to confront snakes as part of desensitization training. This is an example of the _____technique

in vivo

A psychodynamic theorist finds that a client is experiencing a battle between anxiety-provoking id impulses and anxiety-reducing ego defense mechanisms. He thinks that this usually unconscious conflict is being played out in an open and obvious manner. He is sure this underlying conflict explains his client's:

obsessive-compulsive disorder

Antidepressants and. benzodiazepines such as alprazolam (Xanax) have eben found to be successful in treating.

panic disorders

A person who has body dysmorphic disorder is considering plastic surgery. Based on available research, what is the best advice for this person?

"Be careful. Often, people who have plastic surgery for body dysmorphic disorder actually worse afterward."

A person ask, "What's the MOST effective treatment for social anxiety disorder? The BEST research-based answer is:

"The best psychotherapy elimates symptoms as fast, and longer, than the best drug therapy"

The proportion of panic-attack sufferes who are helped at least somewhat by antidepressant drugs is about:

80%

Which is an example of a specfic social anxiety

Fear of public speaking

Which statement is NOT usually true of those with body dysmorphic disorder?

Most disorder-specfic behaviors would be considered "normal" for a teenager

According to Freud, shildren who are prevented from exprerssing id impulses- making mud pies, playing war, and exploring their gentials are at risk for developing

Neurotic anxiety

A person is sweating, experiencing shortness of breath, coking, feeling dizzy, and is afraid of dying. If it is not a heart attack, but an indicator of anxiety disorder, it is probably a:

Panic attack

What are the two nervous systems?

Sympathetic (flight or fight system) Parasympathetic (rest and digest system)

A comprehensive approach that involves several techniques in treating anxiety disorders is called:

a stress management program

Someone with skin-picking disorder would be LEAST likely to pick skin in which area of the body?

abdomen

The phobia MOST often associated with panic disorder is:

agoraphobia

A woman constantly avoids crowded streets and buildings, and she is very reluctant to leave home, even with a friend. Recently, she has started experiencing extreme, sudden fear every time she enters a crowded street. MOST likely, this woman would be diagnosed with:

agoraphobia and panic disorder

According to cognitive theorists, people experiencing anxiety sensitivity:

are unable to assess bodily sensations accurately

Teaching people to accept their worries and live in the present moment- mindfulness thrapy- is MOST consistent with which theorectical approach

cognitive

Which therapy is an effective treatment for panic attack that involves teaching patients to interpret their physical sensation accurately

cognitive

A phobic person is taught to imagine the feared items as part of desensitization training. This is an exampple of the _____ technique

convert

GABA is related to:

inhibiting neuronal firing in the brain

If a person were taking an antidepressant that increase levels of serotonin and improves brain function for symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder, that person could expect that:

it would lead to short-term relief, but relapse would occur if the person stopped the medication

"Your worries? They're only thoguths. Dont try to stop them, but recognize that they're thoughts, and don't let them upset you so much." This statement MOST likely would come from someone using which form of therapy for GAD

mindfulness-based cognitive therapy

According to Freud, children who are prevented from expressing id impulses- making mud pies, playing war, and expoloring their gentials - are at risk for developing:

neurotic anxiety

A person says, "I'll try to see only the positive side of things, then everything wil be OK". From a cognitive perspective, this person is _____obsessive thoughts.

neutralizing

Every once in a while, Ona feels nervous to the popint of terror. It seems to come on suddenly and randomly. Her experience is an example of an:

panic disorder

The first step in systematic desensitization treatment is:

relaxation training

Exposure and response prevention as treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder

shows improvement that often continues indefinitely.

Cogntive theorists have found that people who develop obsessive-compulsive disorder also:

believe their thoughts are capable of causing harm to themselves or others.

If the idea of "preparedness" is accurate, then:

some phobias should be acquired more easily than others.

According to DSM-5, one must demonstrate symptoms of edginess, sleep changes, distress, and excessive worry for ____to be diagnosed with GAD

6 months

Which statement is MOST accurate

Anxiety is related to low levels of GABA

The therapy Eliot is receiving emphasizes dealing with his compulsions but not his obsessions. In addition, he does "homework" in the form of self-help procedures between therapy sessions. Most likely, Eliot is receiving which kind of therapy

Behavioral

Which therapy is an effective treatment for panic attack that involves teaching patients to interupt their physical sensations accurately

Cognitive

When someone who is about to leave for work check the stove 10 times to make sure it is turned off, that person is exhibiting an:

Compulsion

What kind of treatments are commonly used to treat obsessive-compulsive-related disorder

Exposure therapies and antidepressant drugs

What distinguishes fear from anxiety?

Fear is the body's response to a serious matter. While, anixety is the body's response to a vague sense of being in danger.

List of DSM-5 Anxiety Disorders

General anxiety disorders Specific phobias Agoraphobia Social anxiety disorder Panic disorder

Agoraphobia is the fear of:

Going to public places

According to DSM-5, one must demonstrate symptoms of edginess, sleep changes, distresse, and excessive worry for ________to be diagnosed with GAD.

Six months

Steve is afraid of eating public, expecting to be judged negatively and fell humiliated. As a result , he makes up excuses when asked out to eat. His diagnosis would probably be:

Social anxiety disorder

Jane is very fearful of speaking in public and will do everything she can to avoid being evaulated by other, which causes her significant impairment. The MOST accurate diagnosis would be:

Social anxiety disorder.

A person is being treated for a social anxiety disorder. A therapist watches the person act out a social scene, points out what she did correctly and incorrectly, and praises her for what she did well. Which behavioral technique did the therapist NOT use?

modeling

Harry is terrified of the snakes that his 8-year-old son brings home. During therapy, his therapist demonstrated how to handle them. This is a form of therapy based on:

modeling

While walking through a forest during a rainstorm, 5-year-old Samir was almost struck by lightning. Today, as an adult, he is extremely afraid of trees. What is the conditioned stimulus in the example?

trees