Exam 5: Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

The public health director of an urban area in the Southwestern U.S. has just presided over the opening of a new clinic that provide services for clients with panic disorder. She knows from the research that the clinic will probably serve ____.

What is the typical age of onset for social anxiety disorder?

Tina is afraid of dogs. She has never had a bad experience with dogs, but her father was injured by a dog when he was a young boy. Tina's father goes to great lengths to avoid contact with dogs. What behavioral theory best explains Tina's fear of dogs?

Angel is worried that her intrusive, unacceptable thoughts are signs of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Research suggests that ____.

David has been diagnosed with OCD. It is likely that David ____.

When explaining the cause of obsessive-compulsive disorder, a psychologist who supports a cognitive-behavioral approach would be likely to make which statement?

Barbara was told by her psychiatrist that she is being treated with the "medication of choice" for her generalized anxiety disorder. She is not sure what drug she is taking, but she knows it works. This drug is likely to be ____.

What is the first step in treating phobias and anxiety disorders?

Drugs that most successfully treat obsessive-compulsive disorder raise the level of which neurotransmitter in the brain?

Dr. Baldwin is explaining a cognitive model for the development of panic disorder. She describes a connection between cognitions and somatic symptoms that begin with physical changes that create catastrophic thoughts, which result in fear and more physiological changes. She is describing the beginning steps of the ____.

Research with young monkeys demonstrates that ____ can reduce vulnerability to developing anxiety disorders.

Which of the following is a cultural factor that contributes to anxiety disorders?

Which statement is a cognitive characteristic of individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder?

There are three subcategories of phobias: ____.

Dr. Stanley is a behavioral therapist. We would therefore expect that he attributes the maintenance of anxious behaviors to ____.

One reason argued by Nolen-Hoeksema (2004) that women are more likely than men to be diagnosed with an emotional disorder is due to their____.

According to the model developed by Wells (2005), the roots of GAD lie in ____.

Who is at highest risk for developing social phobia?

A pediatrician is interested in phobias that typically begin in childhood. One phobia that he might study is ____.

Which of the following is an anxiety disorder?