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