Anxiety Disorders OCD and PTSD Anxiety Disorders Anxiety

Anxiety Disorders OCD and PTSD

Anxiety Disorders • Anxiety • Feeling of impending doom or disaster • Starts showing in childhood • More common in females • Symptoms must be present for six months or more

Panic Disorder • Sudden episodes of extreme anxiety • Fear of future attacks • Symptoms: • Pounding heart • Rapid breathing • Sudden dizziness • Lightheadedness • Panic attack

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) • Chronic, widespread and persistent worry not associated with a specific situation or object • Symptoms • Fatigue • Irritability • Difficulty concentrating • Trouble sleeping • Muscle tension

Phobias • Intense or irrational fear responses to specific object or event • Fears turn into phobia when irrational fear is uncontrollable and disrupts the person’s life • APA recognizes more than 100

Nomophobia • Fastest growing phobia • Feeling of anxiety or distress when not having their phone • Affects our transactive memory • Today Show

Agoraphobia • Irrational fear of public places or open spaces • Avoid crowded locations • Extreme cases never leave their home • video

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder • Own category in DSM-5 • Diagnosis • Obsessions – one has unreasonable thoughts that result in anxiety • Compulsions – specific behaviors or rituals that the individual is compelled to perform to reduce or prevent anxiety • These are either time-consuming or maladaptive • video

OCD Related Disorders • Trichotillomania • Habitual pulling of one’s own hair resulting in hair loss • Video • Excoriation Disorder • Habitual skin picking that leads to skin injuries • Body Dysmorphic Disorder • Excessive preoccupation regarding one or more perceived physical flaws that are not recognized by others • Video

Hoarding • Persistent difficulty and stress with regard to giving up possessions • Excessive need to save • Causes • Personal distress • Disrupt normal functioning • video

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder • New category in DSM-5 • Acute stress disorder • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) • Result of some trauma experienced • Common symptoms • Intrusion – distressing memories, flashbacks, nightmares • Avoidance – hiding from and dodging reminders of event • Negative changes in thoughts and moods • Arousal and reactivity – startle response, irritability, problems concentrating sleep difficulties

PTSD • Survivor resiliency • 50% of adults experience a traumatic event • 1 in 10 women develop PTSD • 1 in 20 men develop PTSD