Anxiety Disorders DSM5 Anxiety Disorders Separation Anxiety Disorder

Anxiety Disorders DSM-5 Anxiety Disorders Separation Anxiety Disorder Selective Mutism Specific Phobia Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia) Panic Disorder Panic Attack (Specifier) Agoraphobia Generalized Anxiety Disorder Substance/Medication-Induced Anxiety Disorder Due to Another Medical Condition Other Specified Anxiety Disorder Unspecified Anxiety Disorder “Fear is the emotional response to real or perceived imminent threat… anxiety is anticipation of future threat” DSM-5 p. 189

General Discussion O What is a typical situation that causes you worry? O How do you personally cope with worry? What strategies do they find most effective? O Is worry and Anxiety the same thing?

What is Anxiety? “Anxiety is a generalized state of apprehension or foreboding. ” p. Nevid “Anxiety is adaptive when it prompts us to seek medical attention, to study for an upcoming test or avoid a dangerous situation. ” “Anxiety becomes maladaptive when the level of anxiety is out of proportion to the level of threat or when it occurs out of the blue, not in response to environmental changes. ”

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Anxiety Disorders “Anxiety disorders include disorders that share features of excessive fear and anxiety and related behavioral disturbances. Fear is the emotional response to real or perceived imminent threat, whereas anxiety is anticipation of future threat. ” DSM-5 p. 189 Read and Discuss… Others you maybe interested in… - Health Anxiety - Specific Phobia - Separation Anxiety Disorder - Selective Mutism - Substance/Medication-Induced Anxiety Disorder

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Etiology (Origin/Cause) of Anxiety Disorders Biological factors Genetic influence from epidemiological studies of families and twins(4 -6 times more likely, but nonspecific); Neuroanatomy- fear circuitry/amygdala/GABA Psychological factors learning theory roots, vicarious learning, modeling; cognitive- perception/perceiving danger, selective recall, schema, thought distortions Interpersonal factors “No single cause… complex and dynamic interplay between all three areas” p. 98 Early attachment relationships, internal working model (general belief system) Dozois, 2015, p. 96 -98

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Treatment of Anxiety Disorders Pharmacotherapy anti-anxiety & antidepressants used, short- term use benzodiazepines (GABA), symptom vs. source focus (MAOs-Social Phobia/Tricyclics-OCD) Cognitive Restructuring- Exercise and Relaxation Training emotional disorders are, at least in part, due to faulty, maladaptive or unhelpful thinking patterns. Help clients develop healthier, evidence based thinking. Exposure Techniques increase self-efficacy by demonstrating that physiological symptoms are not harmful in themselves i. e. in vivo exposure, flooding. Dozois, 2015, p. 118 -122

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