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

What is an important factor in determining whether an individual will develop post-traumatic stress disorder following a traumatic event?

For which type of phobia does the age of onset peak at about seven years of age?

With regard to pharmacological treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorder,the most effective drugs are those that inhibit the reuptake of a certain neurotransmitter.What is this neurotransmitter?

What is the risk of someone with panic disorder attempting suicide?

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?

According to research,what area of the brain was activated in people with social anxiety disorder who viewed angry and contemptuous faces?

While more women than men experience fear of snakes,for which of the following phobias is the sex ratio approximately equal?

Johnson and colleagues (2000)found an increased risk of developing anxiety disorders among certain teenagers.What was significant about these teenagers?

When they are part of post-traumatic stress disorder,what are symptoms such as feelings of unreality and/or amnesia for all or part of the traumatic event called?

According to your textbook,how is fear experienced?

Which of the following is a common symptom of people with post-traumatic stress disorder?

In which country have researchers found obsessive-compulsive behaviours to be most often related to religious rituals?

The neurosurgical procedure called a cingulotomy is sometimes used to relieve severe symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).Why would a cingulotomy usually be considered only after drugs and psychological treatments had failed?

Define agoraphobia and discuss fully how and why it develops.In your answer,include gender differences in the development of this disorder and explain what is meant by interoceptive avoidance.

A woman was obsessed with the idea that if she did not eat in a consistent calculated way,some disaster would befall her family.What is the symptom subtype of this aspect of obsessive-compulsive disorder?

According to Barlow (2002)and others,all the evidence now points to what conclusion about agoraphobic avoidance behaviour?

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

Who is most likely to avoid all contact with other people?

Which of the following symptoms often accompanies obsessive-compulsive disorder?

Cedella just fainted as a result of her phobia.What type of phobia does Cedella have?