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

In the type of specific phobia called "blood-injury-injection," there is an inherited vasovagal response and a tendency to faint.What causes this tendency?

Which of the following is a symptom of generalized anxiety disorder?

What kind of factors determine whether agoraphobia actually develops following panic attacks and how severe it becomes?

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

A culture-bound syndrome in Chinese cultures is known as Pa-leng.What characterizes those who have this disorder?

Identify and give illustrative examples of the five subtypes of specific phobia.Discuss the differences between situational phobia and agoraphobia.Also discuss the differences between separation anxiety and school phobia.What are the specific factors involved in the development of a phobia?

Brian,who has obsessive-compulsive disorder,holds fundamentalist religious beliefs.Which of the following concerns is he most likely to present with?

A university student was attending a horror movie when he started to experience anxiety symptoms (rapid heartbeat,sweating,and shallow breathing).He was so upset that he went to a psychologist who told him that he probably had had a panic attack.In the following weeks,he became apprehensive about sitting in lecture halls,crowded rooms,and even classrooms.To be diagnosed with panic disorder,what also would have to happen?

What is the minimum time needed to treat most specific phobias?

In obsessive-compulsive disorder,certain types of obsessions lead to certain types of compulsions.Which of the following matches an obsession and its consequent rituals?

Which of the following terms is MOST associated with generalized anxiety disorder?

Jason has just recently been diagnosed as having panic disorder.Which of the following describes what we will know about Jason?

In a major double-blind NIMH research study looking at the separate and combined effects of both psychological and drug treatments (Barlow et al.,2000),patients were randomized into five different treatment conditions.Which of the following was one of these treatment conditions?

In which behavioural treatment are patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder NOT permitted to carry out their compulsions while in the presence of the anxiety-producing stimulus or situation?

What is the main difference between situational phobia and panic disorder with agoraphobia?

With regard to the obsessions seen in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder,what does the term "need for symmetry" refer to?

Rob reports being terrified to go anywhere that does not have a bathroom,for fear that he will begin vomiting and not be able to stop.He had one panic attack,and a week later,he felt no residual effects from the attack.Which of the following DSM 5 diagnoses would Rob most likely receive?

Your friend Samantha has been diagnosed with a generalized anxiety disorder.Which category of drugs is the typical pharmacological treatment for her condition?

Why were there lower rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)in citizens who endured bombing and shelling in wartime England compared to victims of crime?