Abnormal Psych Chapters 6-10 (all correctly answered)

Anxiety correct answers Apprehension about a future threat; triggers preparedness Fear correct answers Response to an immediate threat; triggers fight or flight Phobia correct answers Disruptive fear of a particular object of situation, fear out of proportion to actual threat. DSM-5 Criteria for Specific Phobia correct answers 1. Marked and disproportionate fear consistently triggered by specific objects or situations 2.The object or situation is avoided or else endured with intense anxiety 3. Symptoms persist for at least 6 months Social Anxiety Disorder correct answers (called Social Phobia in the DSM-IV) - causes more life disruption than other phobias - more intense and extensive than shyness, persistent, intense dear and avoidance of social situations - fear of negative evaluation or scrutiny - 33% also diagnosed with Avoidant Personality Disorder (overlap in genetic vulnerability for both disorders) DSM-5 Criteria for Social Anxiety Disorder correct answers 1. Marked and disproportionate fear consistently triggered by exposure to potential social scruting 2. Exposure to the trigger leads to intense anxiety about being evaluated negatively 3. Trigger situations are avoided or else endured with intense anxiety 4. Symptoms persist for at least 6 months. Panic Disorder correct answers Frequent panic attacks unrelated to specific situations Panic Attack correct answers Sudden intense episode of apprehension, terror, and feelings of impending doom Physical: labored breathing, nausea, chest pain, sweating, lightheadedness, dizziness Other symptoms: depersonalization, derealization, fears of going crazy Uncued attacks correct answers - occur unexpectedly without warning - causes worry about future attacks Cued attacks correct answers - triggered by specific situations - more likely a phobia DSM-5 Criteria for Panic Disorder correct answers 1. Recurrent uncued panic attacks 2. At least one month of concern about the possibility of more attacks, worry about the consequences of an attack, or behavior changes because of the attacks Agoraphobia correct answers From the Greek word "agora" or marketplace