Exam 5: Anxiety and Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders

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.It is a good bet that the drug is ____.

Ahmad has a specific phobia about elevators.His therapist teaches him how to relax and then has him relax when he is in a building with elevators.Then he practices being relaxed when pushing an elevator button and finally when taking an elevator ride.What kind of therapy did Ahmad experience?

What is the typical age of onset for social phobias?

Sharlisa suffers from OCD.What is the first step her therapist will take with her when using exposure therapy with response prevention?

What is the only consistently validated treatment for GAD?

As Sheldon learns about obsessive-compulsive disorder he is likely to learn that ____.

How do cultural dimensions affect the expression of obsessive-compulsive disorder?

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

For days after visiting Disneyland, the words and tune for "It's a Small World" kept invading Jessica's thoughts.She could not get them out of her head.Jessica's experience would be similar to the ____.

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

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

Holly describes herself this way: "I am always tense and worried.Sometimes I get so frightened, I feel like I'll die.I get terribly embarrassed by my behavior, but I can't control it.It is often so bad that it interferes with my work." Holly is probably suffering from what type of disorder?

Brain structure and genetic influences are the two main ____ factors affecting anxiety disorders.

Currently, SSRIs are considered a better option than tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)for treating panic disorder because ____.

Dr.Fried believes that it is easier for humans to learn fears for which we are physiologically predisposed, such as fear of heights or snakes.She accepts which view of the development of fear reactions?

Cognitive-behaviorists would say that obsessive-compulsives repeat behaviors in order to ____.

The biological explanation for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)suggests that ____.

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

Which explanation for panic disorder would most likely be offered by a cognitive-behavioral theorist?

Tamisha is so afraid of heights that she cannot enter buildings with more than two floors.Her cognitive-behavioral therapist would probably diagnose her with ____ and explain the problem in terms of ____.