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

Which of the following is an accurate statement about factors affecting treatment for PTSD?

Define generalized anxiety disorder, and discuss how it differs from panic attacks.

Describe posttraumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder, and discuss the difference between the two.

People with GAD tend to worry about

Lawanda was walking down the street on a bright sunny day when, all of a sudden, she had an abrupt attack of intense fear that totally surprised her. This is what type of panic attack?

Sophia and Layla are laying on the beach one sunny day when they see a woman walk past. They are astounded at the condition of this woman's skin. She is deeply bronzed from years of tanning, and her skin has a wrinkled and leathery look. Sophia says, "I can't believe she thinks that is good for her skin!" Layla, having read your textbook, says, "She may be tanning like that to cover up some flaw that she perceives in her own skin." Layla is clearly implying that this woman suffers from disorder.

For Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), intense cognitive process is accompanied by:

Research suggests that generalized anxiety disorder is five-times more likely to develop in adults if they

What happens when people with OCD attempt to neutralize or suppress disturbing, intrusive thoughts?

Which of the following is NOT a basic type of panic attack?

Research studies have shown that combining exposure and ritual prevention (ERP) with medication when treating patients with OCD

Research suggests that we inherit a tendency to be tense, which is .

According to Gray and McNaughton (1996), the fight-or-flight system is partially activated by deficiencies in the neurotransmitter in the brain.

Agoraphobia, which has come to mean "fear of going out," derives from the Greek word agora, meaning ____________.

Which of the following would NOT be considered an example of social phobia?

In Japan, the anxiety syndrome termed taijin kyofusho involves a fear of

In regard to pharmacological treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorder, the most effective drugs are those that inhibit the reuptake of the neurotransmitter called .

Which of the following drugs received FDA approval in 1999 as a treatment for social phobia?

Normal, ordinary people who have occasional intrusive thoughts with bizarre, sexual, or aggressive content would not be considered to have OCD unless they find the thoughts unacceptable or even dangerous and also

Which of the following is the most prevalent psychological disorder in the general population?