Anxiety Disorders

A type of anxiety disorder wherein the individual worries too much, and unable to control this focus on worry, with clinical manifestations such as, uneasiness, fatigue, irritability and restlessness.

• Generalized Anxiety Disorder

• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

• Panic Disorder

• Phobic Disorder

What is NOT a characteristic of Agoraphobia?

• A fear of standing in line

• A fear of social interaction

• A fear of using public transportation

• A fear of being outside the home by oneself

When a person relives a severely upsetting event in unwanted recurring memories and dreams, they might be diagnosed with:

• Generalized anxiety disorder

• Obsessive compulsive disorder

• Posttraumatic stress disorder

• panic disorder

A phobia is...

• an anxiety producing disorder that disrupts normal life.

• a disruptive, irrational fear of objects or situations.

• when a person is scare by something.

• the common term for Inherent Perpetual Fear Disorder (IPFD) 

While he was studying, Matthew was suddenly overwhelmed by feelings of intense apprehension. For several minutes he felt so agitated that he could not catch his breath. Matthew was most likely suffering from a(n):

• Generalized anxiety disorder

• Obsessive compulsive disorder

• Posttraumatic stress disorder

• panic disorder

What is a psychological disorder?

• A harmful dysfunction in which behaviours are inappropriate, maladaptive and unjustifiable

• Chemical imbalances in the brain that cause people to act in harmful ways

• Malformations of important brain segments

• A dysfunction that is not harmful but may consist of behaviours that are maladaptive, unjustifiable, disturbing and atypical

A maladaptive thinking, behaviour or emotion is one that:

• Is destructive to yourself or others and inhibits a person to adjust to particular situations

• Occurs without a rational basis

• Is troublesome to other people

• Is so different it violates a norm

A maladaptive thinking, behaviour or emotion is one that:

• Is destructive to yourself or others and inhibits a person to adjust to particular situations

• Occurs without a rational basis

• Is troublesome to other people

• Is so different it violates a norm

The DSM-5 is

• a report on the prevalence of psychological disorders

• an assessment tool for self-diagnosis of psychological disorders

• a system for classifying psychological disorders

• a 100% reliable tool for diagnosing psychological disorders

• the international system of classifying psychological disorders

In the DSM-5, Panic Disorder is classified as a(n)

• Anxiety Disorder

• Depressive Disorder

• Dissociative Disorder

• Trauma- or Stressor-Related Disorder