Exam 3: Anxiety, obsessive-Compulsive, and Trauma-And Stressor-Related Disorders

A type of exposure therapy in which a subject is exposed to intensely anxiety-provoking situations is called ________.

Most compulsions fall into ________ rituals.

________ phobias affect women more than men.

Drugs that boost levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain have shown effectiveness in treating ________ disorder.

Women are ________ as likely as men to experience generalized anxiety disorder.

Risk of being traumatized or developing posttraumatic stress disorder are high for all of the following people EXCEPT __________.

Agoraphobia is more common in women than in men.

Some anxiety in unfamiliar social situations is normal and adaptive.

Adjustment disorders are among the most severe psychological disorders.

Describe the five subtypes of phobic disorder.

Freud classified the various anxiety disorders as psychoses.

Carlos has a fear of choking and avoids eating in restaurants for fear of embarrassment.This type of phobia described in the DSM-5 as a(n)___________ type.

There is a stronger bodily component to ________ than to other forms of anxiety.

People with generalized anxiety disorder are ________.

From the behavioural perspective,generalized anxiety results from ________.

Women are about ________ as likely as men to develop posttraumatic stress disorder at some point in their lives.

Men are ________ likely to report being exposed to a traumatic event and are ________ likely to develop posttraumatic stress disorder once they have been exposed to a trauma.

In order to be diagnosed with panic disorder in the DSM system,panic sufferers must experience repeated unexpected attacks,and at least ________ of the attacks must be followed by at least a month of persistent concern or worry about having additional panic attacks or of the consequences of an attack.

Animal phobias typically develop during ________.

Describe various theoretical perspectives on the anxiety disorders.