Exam Bank Solution Manual for Anxiety Disorders- Latest Version (Fully Solved)

Exam Bank Solution Manual for Anxiety Disorders- Latest Version (Fully Solved) Anxiety - Answers Future-oriented emotion that is characterized by negative effect, bodily tension and chronic apprehension Fear - Answers Immediate reaction to a present danger that is characterized by strong escape-action tendencies Fear Response - Answers Autonomic nervous system - elevated heart rate, blood pressure, and breathing); Subjective sense of terror (fight or flight) Panic - Answers Fear experienced when there is really nothing to be afraid of Similarities with Anxiety, Fear and Panic - Answers Negative effect, responses in autonomic nervous system, perception and attribution List of Anxiety Disorders (9) - Answers 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) - Answers Worry about anything and everything at all times Generalized Anxiety Disorder Features (4) - Answers 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) - Answers Restlessness, easily fatigued, difficulty concentrating, irritability, muscle tension, sleep disturbance Onset of GAD - Answers Insidious (as with all anxiety disorders) - many report being anxious since childhood Course of GAD - Answers Chronic but with fluctuations in response to current level of life stress Belief of GAD sufferers - Answers Worrying is an effective means of avoidance and preventing the occurrence of negative consequences Panic Disorder - Answers Recurrent, unexpected panic attacks Panic Attack - Answers Sudden episode of fear involving distressing physical sensations and fear of dying/losing control/going crazy Object of Threat in PD - Answers 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) - Answers 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) - Answers 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) Onset of PD - Answers Defined by the initial unexpected panic attack, normally in mid twenties Gender Prevalence of PD - Answers Higher in women than men (2:1) Course of PD - Answers Unremitting, with rare spontaneous remissions Comorbidity of PD - Answers High rate - depression, anxiety, personality disorders Agoraphobia - Answers Fear of crowded places, places difficult to escape, or places beyond help that leads to physical avoidance or significant distress Agoraphobia and PD - Answers 30 to 50% of individuals with PD develop Agoraphobia Onset of Agoraphobia - Answers 20-30 years Specific Phobia - Answers Irrational and persistent fear of certain object/animal which is out of proportion to the threat posed Features of Specific Phobia (3) - Answers Fear and anxiety directed at specific stimuli, Contact elicits fear/anxiety/avoidance, Unreasonably and excessive response that interferes with functioning Scotophobia - Answers Fear of darkness Ophidiophobia - Answers Fear of snakes Arachnophobia - Answers Fear of spiders Arachibutyrophovia - Answers Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth Peladophobia - Answers Fear of bald people Phobophobia - Answers Fear of phobias Major Types of Specific Phobias (4) - Answers Animals, natural environment, blood-injection-injury, situational Prevalence of Specific Phobia types - Answers Situational and environmental are most common, followed by animal and blood-injection-injury Social Phobia/Social Anxiety Disorder - Answers Excessive and persistent fear of social/performance situations in which embarrassment or negative judgements from othe