Exam 6: Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders

Regarding anxiety disorders among Canadian university students, Norton et al. (2008) found that _____ met the DSM-IV criteria for a panic attack.

According to a meta-analytic review of 24 RCTs, anxiety sensitivity has shown to be treatable with which approach?

Research by McCabe and colleagues (2003) found that _________ was associated with the development of social phobia

Lt. General Romeo Dallaire witnessed atrocities that contributed to his PTSD in:

Adler believed that OCD was the result of fixation at the anal stage.

Dysfunction in the ___________________ brain region has been linked to both OCD and Tourette's syndrome.

Hilda reports that she feels like she is outside of her body. Which of the following symptoms is she describing?

Lily lives in China; she has a terrifying fear that she will die from loss of body heat, a culture-bound disorder termed:

In people with obsessive-compulsive disorder, engaging in the compulsion:

Bob is a student who appears to be an extreme procrastinator but actually has a fear of writing. Bob suffers from:

Benzodiazepines are used to treat both anxiety and mood disorders.

In Freud's analysis of the Little Hans case, Little Hans' fear of horses was seen as:

The obsessive thought that "if I have unwanted thoughts of harming others, then I must be a latent psychopath", is an example of which type of 'faulty appraisal'?

In Freud's case of Little Hans, the boy was afraid of:

Pasquale is fearful of heights and flying, which has hampered his career. According to DSM-5, his condition would be diagnosed as:

Discuss the biological theories of anxiety disorders. What common features exist across the anxiety disorders?

Joyce tends to be a bit skittish - she never quite feels comfortable, whether she is with others or alone. She tends to worry that something bad is going to happen, but she can't isolate a specific event. Joyce most likely experiences:

The most effective treatment for PTSD is EMDR.

In studying the hypothesis that individuals with OCD have memory deficits, Cuttler and Graf (2009) identified prospective memory as:

Separation anxiety disorder is an anxiety disorder that affects: