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

Although SSRIs are currently the indicated drug for panic disorder, there are disadvantages to all drugs.What is the major disadvantage of SSRIs?

Why are the rates of comorbidity (co-occurrence) among various anxiety disorders and depression high?

According to your textbook, how is fear experienced?

In Japan, what does the anxiety syndrome termed taijin kyofusho involve?

Research by Barlow (2002) and others suggests that parents may play an important role in helping to reduce their children's risk of developing anxiety disorders.How do parents do this?

What is the most prevalent psychological disorder in the general population?

What does the term interoceptive avoidance refer to?

Which "normal" childhood fear correctly matches the corresponding approximate age of onset?

Which term refers to a culture-bound syndrome occurring in the Inuit of northern Canada that bears some relation to panic disorder?

What does research by Johnson and colleagues (2000) on cigarette smoking by teenagers and anxiety disorders suggest?

Research on coping methods indicates that a high comorbidity exists between panic disorder and which of the following?

Which of the following is an example of how a phobia may develop?

What did research on the treatment for social anxiety disorder by Davidson, Foa, and Huppert (2004) reveal?

What is the cause of nocturnal panic?

In the last several years, research has increasingly focused on the role of a neurotransmitter system associated with both anxiety and depression.What neurotransmitter system is this?

Which of the following would be considered an example of social phobia?

In an interview, performer Alanis Morissette said she was once returning home from Los Angeles to Canada for the holidays, when she suddenly began crying and shaking uncontrollably, and she felt as if she was going to faint.What was she most likely experiencing?

Which term refers to the experience of a negative mood state characterized by physical tension and apprehension about the future?

Jill responds more fearfully to her anxiety symptoms than James.What trait is Jill likely higher in compared to James?

Eddie is walking down a dark alley.Suddenly, a dark figure jumps out from behind a trash bin and points a gun at him.Eddie turns and runs away extremely quickly.What does this example illustrate?