Generalized Anxiety Disorder (Diagnostic Criteria) 1 - Answer-Excessive anxiety and worry (apprehensive expectation), occurring more days than not for at least 6 months, about a number of events or activities (such as work or school performance).
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (Diagnostic Criteria...
Psych Exam 2 Lecture Anxiety Disorders
Diagnostic Criteria Questions and
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder (Diagnostic Criteria) 1 - Answer-Excessive anxiety and
worry (apprehensive expectation), occurring more days than not for at least 6 months,
about a number of events or activities (such as work or school performance).
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (Diagnostic Criteria) 2 - Answer-The individual finds it
difficult to control the worry
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (Diagnostic Criteria) 3 (Symptoms) - Answer-
Restlessness or feeling keyed up or on edge.
Being easily fatigued.
Difficulty concentrating or mind going blank.
Irritability.
Muscle tension.
Sleep disturbance (difficulty falling or staying asleep, or restless, unsatisfying sleep).
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (Diagnostic Criteria) 4 - Answer-The anxiety, worry, or
physical symptoms cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social,
occupational, or other important areas of functioning
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (Diagnostic Criteria) 5 - Answer-The disturbance is not
attributable to the physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, a
medication) or another medical condition (e.g., hyperthyroidism).
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (Diagnostic Criteria) 6 - Answer-The disturbance is not
better explained by another mental disorder
GAD: Differential Diagnoses - Answer-Anxiety d/o due to another medical condition
Substance/medication-induced anxiety disorder
Social anxiety disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
PTSD and adjustment disorders
Depressive, Bipolar, and psychotic disorders
Abrupt surge of intense fear or intense discomfort that reaches a peak within minutes,
and during which time 4 or more of a list of 13 physical and cognitive symptoms occur -
Answer-Panic Attack
Panic D/O: Diagnostic Criteria 1 - Answer-Recurrent unexpected panic attacks. A panic
attack is an abrupt surge of intense fear or intense discomfort that reaches a peak
, within minutes, and during which time four symptoms occur (look them up, they are
common sense)
Panic D/O: Diagnostic Criteria 2 - Answer-At least one of the attacks has been followed
by 1 month (or more) of one or both of the following:
Persistent concern or worry about additional panic attacks or their consequences (e.g.,
losing control, having a heart attack, "going crazy").
A significant maladaptive change in behavior related to the attacks (e.g., behaviors
designed to avoid having panic attacks, such as avoidance of exercise or unfamiliar
situations).
Panic D/O: Diagnostic Criteria 3 - Answer-The disturbance is not attributable to the
physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, a medication) or another
medical condition (e.g., hyperthyroidism, cardiopulmonary disorders).
Panic D/O: Diagnostic Criteria 4 - Answer-The disturbance is not better explained by
another mental disorder (e.g., the panic attacks do not occur only in response to feared
social situations, as in social anxiety disorder; in response to circumscribed phobic
objects or situations, as in specific phobia; in response to obsessions, as in obsessive-
compulsive disorder; in response to reminders of traumatic events, as in posttraumatic
stress disorder; or in response to separation from attachment figures, as in separation
anxiety disorder).
Distinct episodes of intense fear and discomfort
Associated with physical symptoms
Symptoms occur abruptly
Often without any trigger
Peak within 10 minutes
Last for minutes to hours - Answer-Panic Attacks
Panic Disorder: Stage I - Answer-Initial attack
Or cluster of attacks.
Panic Disorder: Stage II - Answer-Increased # of attacks
-Phobias
-Anticipatory anxiety
-Medical care
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