Anxiety Disorders Test Questions with Verified Answers
Anxiety - ANS -Future-oriented emotion that is characterized by negative effect, bodily
tension and chronic apprehension
Fear - ANS -Immediate reaction to a present danger that is characterized by strong
escape-action tendencies
Fear Response - ANS -Autonomic nervous system - elevated heart rate, blood pressure,
and breathing); Subjective sense of terror (fight or flight)
Panic - ANS -Fear experienced when there is really nothing to be afraid of
Similarities with Anxiety, Fear and Panic - ANS -Negative effect, responses in autonomic
nervous system, perception and attribution
List of Anxiety Disorders (9) - ANS -Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Specific
Phobia, Agoraphobia, Social Phobia, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder, Acute Stress Disorder, Adjustment Disorder with Anxiety
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (basically) - ANS -Worry about anything and everything at all
times
Generalized Anxiety Disorder Features (4) - ANS -Excessive worry about a number of
different things, Difficult to control, Associated with symptoms of motor tension, Present for at
least 6 months
Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Motor Tension (6) - ANS -Restlessness, easily fatigued,
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difficulty concentrating, irritability, muscle tension, sleep disturbance
, Onset of GAD - ANS -Insidious (as with all anxiety disorders) - many report being anxious
since childhood
Course of GAD - ANS -Chronic but with fluctuations in response to current level of life
stress
Belief of GAD sufferers - ANS -Worrying is an effective means of avoidance and preventing
the occurrence of negative consequences
Panic Disorder - ANS -Recurrent, unexpected panic attacks
Panic Attack - ANS -Sudden episode of fear involving distressing physical sensations and
fear of dying/losing control/going crazy
Object of Threat in PD - ANS -Narrower than GAD, relates to bodily sensations and their
associated context; those with PD are highly sensitive to what is going on internally in their
body
Panic Attack Symptoms (16) - ANS -Palpitations, sweating, shaking, shortness of breath,
choking feeling, chest pain, nausea, dizzy, derealization, depersonalization, fear of losing
control, fear of going crazy, fear of dying, numb, chills/hot flushes, abdominal distress
Types of Panic Attacks (2) - ANS -Unexpected/Uncued (often occur when asleep,
characteristic of PD); Situationally bound/cued (immediately on exposure to or anticipation of
exposure to the anxiety producing stimuli, more related to specific/social phobias)
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Onset of PD - ANS -Defined by the initial unexpected panic attack, normally in mid
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twenties
Anxiety - ANS -Future-oriented emotion that is characterized by negative effect, bodily
tension and chronic apprehension
Fear - ANS -Immediate reaction to a present danger that is characterized by strong
escape-action tendencies
Fear Response - ANS -Autonomic nervous system - elevated heart rate, blood pressure,
and breathing); Subjective sense of terror (fight or flight)
Panic - ANS -Fear experienced when there is really nothing to be afraid of
Similarities with Anxiety, Fear and Panic - ANS -Negative effect, responses in autonomic
nervous system, perception and attribution
List of Anxiety Disorders (9) - ANS -Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Specific
Phobia, Agoraphobia, Social Phobia, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder, Acute Stress Disorder, Adjustment Disorder with Anxiety
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (basically) - ANS -Worry about anything and everything at all
times
Generalized Anxiety Disorder Features (4) - ANS -Excessive worry about a number of
different things, Difficult to control, Associated with symptoms of motor tension, Present for at
least 6 months
Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Motor Tension (6) - ANS -Restlessness, easily fatigued,
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difficulty concentrating, irritability, muscle tension, sleep disturbance
, Onset of GAD - ANS -Insidious (as with all anxiety disorders) - many report being anxious
since childhood
Course of GAD - ANS -Chronic but with fluctuations in response to current level of life
stress
Belief of GAD sufferers - ANS -Worrying is an effective means of avoidance and preventing
the occurrence of negative consequences
Panic Disorder - ANS -Recurrent, unexpected panic attacks
Panic Attack - ANS -Sudden episode of fear involving distressing physical sensations and
fear of dying/losing control/going crazy
Object of Threat in PD - ANS -Narrower than GAD, relates to bodily sensations and their
associated context; those with PD are highly sensitive to what is going on internally in their
body
Panic Attack Symptoms (16) - ANS -Palpitations, sweating, shaking, shortness of breath,
choking feeling, chest pain, nausea, dizzy, derealization, depersonalization, fear of losing
control, fear of going crazy, fear of dying, numb, chills/hot flushes, abdominal distress
Types of Panic Attacks (2) - ANS -Unexpected/Uncued (often occur when asleep,
characteristic of PD); Situationally bound/cued (immediately on exposure to or anticipation of
exposure to the anxiety producing stimuli, more related to specific/social phobias)
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Onset of PD - ANS -Defined by the initial unexpected panic attack, normally in mid
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twenties
