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

Explain how labelling an adjustment disorder a "mental disorder" may blur the line between what is normal and what is abnormal.

A recent study found that the concordance rate for anxiety disorders among monozygotic twins was ________ the concordance rate among dizygotic twins.

Hyperventilation is rarely involved in naturally occurring panic attacks.

It is believed that people with anxiety disorders may have inherited an acutely sensitive internal alarm that leads them to be overly responsive to cues of __________.

Specific phobias affect about 1 in ________ people at some point in their lives.

Generalized anxiety tends to initially arise during the ________.

GABA receptors are made more sensitive,thus enhancing GABA's calming effects,by the action of ________.

Compulsions appear to cause the anxiety associated with obsessive thoughts.

Describe the chief features of anxiety.

The DSM-5 does not contain a category termed "neuroses."

Describe the main characteristics of people who have panic disorder.

Describe the features of adjustment disorders.

In comparing the reactions of people with panic disorder to nonpanic control subjects when faced with certain biological challenges such as infusion of sodium lactate or manipulation of carbon dioxide levels in the blood,it was found that ________.

Obsessive-compulsive disorders have shown some responsiveness to drug treatment with antipsychotic medications.

Describe how phobias are related to human growth and development,and give three examples.

Some cultures have fears that another culture would consider a phobia.

Marie-Hélène is terrified of heights.She avoids heights whenever possible because she experiences overwhelming fear when she is forced to go to a high place.She often completely "freezes up." She never has this problem in any other situation and she does not worry about it until she is forced to go to a high place.She is best diagnosed as having ________ disorder.

The neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)is implicated in anxiety.

Define and describe agoraphobia.

Freud's (1909/1959)historic case of "Little Hans," a five-year-old boy who feared he would be bitten by a horse if he left his house,illustrates his principle of displacement.