Exam 5: Anxiety, Trauma, and Stressor-Related and Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

Shannon suffers from panic disorder and is prone to panic attacks.Which type of panic attack will Shannon typically experience?

Although the causes of social anxiety disorder are similar to those of specific phobia, the treatment often has a different focus.What is included as a treatment for SAD and specific phobias?

Which statement best describes research comparing psychological based treatments to drug treatments for generalized anxiety disorder?

What does agoraphobic avoidance behaviour appear to be determined by?

Why is anxiety termed "a future-oriented mood state," and fear an "alarm reaction to actual present danger"? Discuss biological and psychological similarities and differences between these emotional events.

Which factors determine whether agoraphobia actually develops following panic attacks and how severe it becomes?

What psychological disorder in children is characterized by unrealistic and persistent worry that something will happen to the child's parents, and may result in a child refusing to leave home?

The term "agoraphobia" is derived from the Greek word agora.What does agora mean?

Roberta is standing in a shopping mall when she begins having difficulty breathing.She feels her heart pounding, feels weak and dizzy, and notices that she is perspiring heavily.She thinks she might be having a heart attack.At the very least, she senses she is losing control and is afraid that if she's not having a heart attack, she is going "crazy." What does this situation illustrate?

What did the Heinrichs and colleagues (2006) cross-cultural study of social phobia find?

A teenage girl had been feeling depressed and having panic attacks.Her doctor prescribed medication.She was sitting in her room feeling very depressed, so to cheer her up, a friend suggested that they go to an exercise class.Shortly after the warm-up started, she had another panic attack.What is the best explanation for this occurrence?

Adults with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) typically focus on possible misfortune to their children, family health, job responsibilities, and household chores.What is most often the focus of worry for children with GAD?

Describe panic disorder, including symptoms and causes.Explain the concepts of biological vulnerability and generalized psychological vulnerability and their contributions to the development of this disorder.

Which of the following is NOT included in the model of generalized anxiety disorder developed by researchers Dugas, Ladouceur, and others?

Identify and give illustrative examples of the five subtypes of specific phobias.

To address panic symptoms, a panic-control treatment (PCT) was developed at one of Barlow's clinics.Which of the following would be included in this therapy?

Which of the following is a diagnostic symptom associated with social phobias?

Which statement best describes the relationship between generalized anxiety disorders and suicide ideation?

According to David Clark, which process is the most important in perpetuating panic disorder?

Amy was just given a prescription.Her father, who is a psychiatrist, asks for the name of the drug.Amy tells him, and he says, "I would have prescribed a better option for treating your panic disorder?" Which of the following drugs would he likely have prescribed?