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What defines normal anxiety?

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No disruption of daily function, mild changes in system functions, and may produce sufficient recklessness as a rush to alleviate the Sx (god help the small child that gets in the way while sprinting to the bathroom to poop)

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True or False: anxiety can be influenced by our cultural upbringing, like parents who freak out over stuff have kids who freak out over stuff.

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True

it’s learned

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This is the congition where there is inappropriate experience of fear/worry and its physical manifestations when the source of the fear/worry is either not real or insufficnent to account for the severity of the symptoms.

(like freaking the hell out that your child is dead in a ditch somewhere if they dont respond to a text message within 2 minutes, cough mom cough)

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Anxiety disorder

4
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This is the condition where there is recurrent excessive distress when there is detachement from home or major figures, excessive worry about losing major figures, isolation to be with those figures, nightmares, and physical symptoms when detached.

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Separation anxiety

DSM4 classified it just for kids but DSM5 reclassified it under Anxiety disorders

5
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How long must u have Sx of separation anxiety to be diagnosed?

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1 month as a child

6 months as an adult

6
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This is the fear that is excessive or unreasonable and interferes with normal function, cured by presence or anticipation of a specific object or situation.

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Specific phobia

spiders, heights, children, Gary Busey

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This is when you behave in a way to prevent or minimize contact with phobic objects or situations

(phobia of planes = drive to mississippi from CA instead of flying (aka my aunt))

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Active avoidance

8
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This is the fear of embarrassment in social situations (public speaking, using public restrooms, etc).

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Social anxiety disorder

social phobia

9
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What is the typical “cycle” of social phobia?

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(social encounters anticipated with apprehension and self-doubt) –> (social encounter may result in panc, embarrassment, and humiliation) –> (feared encounters are avoided or suffers in silence) –> back to #1

10
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This is the condition defined by the presence of intense fear and discomfort, peaking in 10 minutes.

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Panic disorder

11
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What does the PANICS acronym stand for to describe the Sx of panic disorder?

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Palpitations/Paresthesias
Abdominal distress
Nausea
Intense fear of dying or losing control/l(I)ght headedness
Chest pain/Chills/Choking/disConnectedness
Sweating/Shaking/Shortness of breath

12
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True or False: panic attacks can exist on their own or be a specifier to another disorder, like PTSD.

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True

13
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This is the condition where there is marked fear or anxiety triggered by the real or anticipated exposure to a wide range of situations (using public transportation, being in open or closed spaces, standing in line/being in a crowd, or being outside the home alone).

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Agoraphobia

14
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How many of the 5 situations must u have to be diagnosed with agoraphobia?

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at least 2

15
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This is the excessive anxiety and worry about a number of events or activities, and the intensity, duration, or frequentcy of the anxiety and worry is out of proportion to the actual liklihood or impact of the anticipated event.

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

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This is the condition characterized by recurring intrusive thoughts, feelings, or sensation that cause severe distress and are relieved in part by repetitive actions.

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OCD

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True or False: the obsessions and persistent thoughts, images, or urges are typically not pleasurable and are intrusive and unwanted by the OCD pt.

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True

18
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This is the condition caracterized by a preoccupation with minor or imagined defects in appearance, leading to significant emotional distress or impaired functioning (like refusing to go to school cuz u think ur nose is ugly even though it’s normal).

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Body dysmorphic disorder

19
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Patients with Body dysmorphic disorder typically try to see what form of care?

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Cosmetic surgery

20
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This is the form of body dysmorphic disorder occurring almost exclusively in MALES, where there you think you’re not yolked enough cuz that swoll shred isnt cut enough.

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Muscle dysmorphia

21
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This is the disorder where there is persistent difficulties discarding or parting with possessions, regardless of their actual value, and treatment involves Leonardo DiCaprio, firefighters, and a pizza delivery guy to enter your dreams to fight Woodsy Owl.

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Hoarding disorder

22
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This is the conditiomn where there is recurrent pulling out of ones hair despite trying to stop, leading to significant disress.

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Trichotillomania (Hair-Pulling Disorder)

23
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What are the 3 most common areas for trichotillomania?

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Scalp
Eyebrows
Eyelids

24
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This is the condition where there is recurrent skin picking despite trying to stop, causes significant distress, and is not attributed to other physiological, medication-relation, or another mental disorder.

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Excoriation disorder

25
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What are the 3 most common areas of excoration disorder?

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Face, Arms, and Hands

26
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This si the disorder of infancy or early childhood characterized by a markedly disturbed and developmentally inappropriate attachment behaviors, in which the child rarely or minimally turns preferentially to an attachment figure for comfort, support, protection, and nurturance (basically super withdrawn).

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Reactive Attachment Disorder

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This is the condition in childhood where there is culturally inappropriate, overly familial behavior with relative strangers.

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Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder

28
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Both Reactive Attachment Disorder and Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder have what developmental age?

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9 months

29
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What disorder is characterized by persistent reexperiencing of traumatic events, resulting in nightmares, flashbacks, fear, helplessness, or horror, which persist for 1 month?

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PTSD

30
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The DSM5 changed the a lot for PTSD for ages, so in essence, what things can cause PTSD symptoms in kids < 6 y/o?

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Kids will suffer nightmares, memories, and renactment in stressors without recognizable content or with trauma-specific content in play.

almost as if it’s just a generalized fear cuz they’re not capable of creating specific PTSD memories and flashbacks cuz theyre kids.

31
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This is the symptom of PTSD where there is persistent or recurrent experiences of feeling detached from ones body.

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Depersonalization

32
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This is the symptom of PTSD where there is persistent or recurrent experiences of unreality of surroundings (like everything is dream-state).

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Derealization

33
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This is the condition where there are symptoms of intrusion, negative mood, dissociation, avoidance, and arousal symptoms from 3 days to 1 MONTH after a traumatic exposure.

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Acute stress disorder

like PTSD but < 1 month

34
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This is the condition where there are emotional symptoms (anxiety, depression) causing impairment following an IDENTIFIABLE psychosocial stressor, and lasts

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Adjustment disorder