Exam 5: Anxiety Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders

Nancy is terrified of heights. She avoids high places whenever possible because she experiences overwhelming fear when she is in such an environment. Nancy never has this problem in any other situation and does not worry about it until she is forced to go to a high place. She is best diagnosed as having a(n) ______ disorder.

Systematic desensitization is based on the assumption that phobias are genetically inherited.

A criterion for obsessive-compulsive disorder is that the symptoms must occupy more than ______.

Shanika has been diagnosed with body dysmorphic disorder. Her therapist is treating the disorder by having her reveal her imagined defect, a small skin blemish, in public without concealing it with clothing or makeup. Her therapist is using a technique called _________ to treat Shanika.

Research evidence supports the use of ______ drugs in treating social anxiety disorder.

Compulsions appear to cause the anxiety associated with obsessive thoughts.

Maris is plagued by a constant sense of dread and apprehension about the future. His thinking is jumbled, confused and he has difficulty concentrating. Physically, he is jittery, Agitated, and constantly feels nauseated. He is so worried about his own bodily sensations And the fear that he is "losing control," that he has difficulty focusing on anything else. His Symptoms are most suggestive of ______.

Describe the theoretical explanations and treatment approaches for phobias.

Describe the clinical features of and treatment for hoarding disorder.

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 fear of future attacks or of the consequences of an attack.

Freud's assumptions about neuroses formed the basis of ______ edition(s) of the DSM.

Compared to European Americans, Latinos have ______ rates of social anxiety disorder and ______ of generalized anxiety disorder.

Robert has had persistent anxiety for about 13 months. He has also suffered from shakiness, feeling "keyed up," insomnia, irritability, and chronic muscle tension. He is best diagnosed as Having a(n) ______ disorder.

Exposure therapy with response prevention is often combined with ___________ to treat body dysmorphic disorder.

We may be genetically predisposed to acquire fears of objects that posed a danger to ancestral humans.

From the psychodynamic perspective, anxiety disorders are viewed as ______.

Panic attack sufferers tend to be keenly aware of their ______.

Betsy has had persistent "free floating" anxiety for about 9 months. She finds herself worrying about her children, her career, her marriage, and her friends even though nothing appears to be Wrong with any of them. She is best described as suffering from a(n) ______ disorder.

One reason panic attacks can be so frightening is that they often mimic the symptoms of ______.

An irresistible, repetitive urge to engage in a specific behavior, usually to relieve anxiety, is a(n) ______.