Exam 5: Anxiety Disorders

Gina has social phobia. Now, in an effort to overcome her social fear, she is awkward, frequently commits faux pas by avoiding eye contact and struggling to respond effectively when given compliments. This is an illustration of:

Dental phobia is universally recognized as part of the blood-injury-injection phobia.

Results Mental Health Supplement of the Ontario Health Survey indicated that social anxiety disorder was positively correlated with:

In the case study of Margot Paul, the elderly woman from P.E.I. who suffered from agoraphobia, Margot traced her anxiety back to:

When Fay has a panic attack, in addition to heart palpitations and laboured breathing, she worries that she's going crazy and may die. When Kelly has a panic attack, she gets really sweaty, nauseous, dizzy, and feels like she's choking. How is it possible that both women have the same diagnosis but none of the same symptoms?

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

What may be a factor in why people don't seek treatment for anxiety disorders?

The exclusive presence of cued panic attacks would suggest a diagnosis of:

Students high in social anxiety disorder are:

Hillary is beginning behavioural treatment for blood-injection phobia. She is most likely to begin therapy by

Benzodiazepines are used to treat both anxiety and mood disorders.

Regarding anxiety disorders among Canadian university students, Norton et al. (2008)found that university students who meet the DSM-IV criteria for a panic attack had experienced _____ panic attacks on average over the previous year.

University students can get help for mental health problems at counselling centres on campus.

Many therapies for anxiety disorders include some element of exposure.

Several learning theories explain the development and maintenance of phobias. How would different learning theories explain the development and maintenance of a university student in Canada's fear of dogs?

In 1994, an Ontario provincial survey found that ____ of women and ____ of men suffered from anxiety disorders in the previous year.

Symptoms of a panic attack are very similar to those of a heart attack.

Erica is constantly pre-occupied by worry; worry is the ________________ component of anxiety.

Leticia was working out when she was suddenly seized by panic. She remembers her heart beating really fast, sweating, and feeling short of breath. Now, whenever she thinks about going to the gym, she remembers that feeling and does not go. This is best explained by

Lifetime prevalence of generalized anxiety disorder is: