chap 5

• Social Anxiety Disorder


  Intense fear of rejection or humiliation in social settings that can lead to excessive worry and avoidance of social encounters
• Taijinkyofu-sho


  A Japanese term that describes an intense fear of interpersonal relations
• Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy


  Exposing clients to social situations that make them anxious, starting with the least anxiety-producing situations
• Mindful-Based Interventions


  • Teach individuals to be less judgemental about their own thoughts and reactions and more focused on, and relaxed in the present moment
• Panic Disorder


  A disorder wherein panic attacks are more intensive and problematic
• Panic Attack


  Short but intense periods during which one experiences many symptoms of anxiety such as heart palpitations, trembling, shortness of breath, dizziness, intense dread, and fear of dying
• Group-Based Therapy


  Group settings allow a natural way to engage patients in social situations, increasing exposure while also building social skills
• Locus Cerulus


  People with panic disorder show dysregulation of norepinephrine systems in this area of the brain stem
• Anxiety Sensitivity


  Unfounded belief that bodily symptoms have harmful consequences
• Interoceptive Awareness


  A heightened awareness of bodily cues
• Interoceptive Conditioning


  When the bodily cues have occured at the beginning of previous panic attacks and have become conditioned stimulus signaling new attack
• Avoidance


  Less Anxious
• Conditioned Avoidance Response


  Avoiding situations or events that are triggering to reduce the symptoms
• Biological Treatment


  • A type of treatment for Panic disorder in which medications affecting serotonin and norepinephrine systems are given
• Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment


  • A type of treatment in which breathing and relaxation techniques are used
• General Anxiety Disorder


  This disorder causes a person to be anxious all the time in almost all situations. It's general characteristic is the "uncontrollable worry"
• Benzodiazepine drugs


  • Xanax
  • Librium
  • Valium
  • Serax
• Separation Anxiety Disorder


  This disorder usually begins at childhood when children are separated from their caregivers
• Anti-depressants


  • SSRIs
  • SNRIs
  • ESCITALOPRAM (LEXIPRO)
  • DULOXETINE ( CYMBALTA)
  • VENLAFAXINE (EFFEXOR XR)
  • PAROXETINE (PAXIL ; PEXEVA)
• Behavioral Inhibition


  The tendency or a risk factor for developing anxiety disorder in childhood
• Selective Mutism


  This anxiety disorder involves the failure to speak in specific social situations. It typically emerges in early childhood and can last into adulthood
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder


  A disorder diagnosed when either obsessions, compulsions, or both are present to a significant degree
• Obsessions


  These are the thoughts , images, ideas, or urges that are persistent, repetitive, intrusive unwanted, and causes distress
• Compulsions


  These are repetitive behaviors or mental acts/rituals that an individual feels they must perform in an effort to reduce anxiety or distress
• Types of Compulsions


  • Covert: Mental (counting in head before doing something)
  • Overt: Behavioral (locking doors over and over again)
• Compulsive Checking


  An action people with OCD do because they believe that repeating a behavior a certain number of times will ward off danger
• Hoarding


  A psychological disorder that involves uncontrollable urges to keep items that have no utility or instrumental value
• Trichotillomania


  Clinical term for Hair Pulling Disorder
• Trichotillomania (Hair Pulling Disorder)


  One of the Obsessive-Compulsive disorder characterized by the repetitive pulling out of one's hair leading to noticeable hair loss and functional impairment
• Types of Hair Pulling in Trichotillomania


  • Automatic Pulling: unaware pulling
  • Focused Pulling: pulling because something is "not right"
• Excoriation


  Clinical term for Skin-Picking Disorder
• Excoriation (Skin-Picking Disorder)


  This Obsessive-Compulsive disorder is characterized by recurrent picking at own skin from any part of the body which results in skin lesions, scars, an infections that causes disruptions in daily functions
• Body Dismorphic Disorder (BDD)


  A disorder characterized by excessive concern about physical appearance which results in significant distress and the impairment of interpersonal relation
• Muscle Dysmorphia (MD)


  Mens' equivalent of Body Dismorphic Disorder (BDD)
• Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy


  Repeatedly exposes the client to the focus of the obsession and prevents compulsive responses to the resulting anxiety
• Cognitive Component of CBT


  • This involves challenging the individual's moralistic thoughts and excessive sense of responsibility
• Habit Reversal Training


  In this cognitive-behavioral treatment, patients are led to become more aware of their behaviors and cues to replace behaviors with healthier responses
• Anxiety Disorders in Adults


  In this disorder, older adults may worry more about health and family issues
• What are the two systems that are controlled by the Hypothalamus


  • AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM (ANS)
  • ADRENAL-CORTICAL SYSTEM (ACS)
• In this system, the liver produces sugar to prepare the muscles, metabolism, heart rate, blood pressure, and breathing rate increases

  AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM