Monday, August 11, 2014

Anxiety Disorders

Disorders in this section include: 


Panic Attack
Agoraphobia
Panic disorder without Agoraphobia
Agoraphobia without history of panic disorder

Specific phobia : Persistent fear of specific object or situation 5 types animal type, natural environment type, blood injection injury type, situational type and other

Social Phobia : fear of social performance situation, exposure to unfamiliar people and scrutiny by others

OCD (Obsessive compulsive disorder) = Obsessions (recurrent persistent intrusive thoughts that cause marked anxiety) + Compulsions(repetitive behaviors or acts aimed at preventing or reducing the distress)

PTSD (Post traumatic stress disorder) = exposure to traumatic event + persistently reexperiencing the event + avoidance of stimuli associated with trauma + increased arousal

ASD (acute stress disorder) symptoms occuring within 1 month of extreme stressor and PTSD requires symptoms present for more than 1 month. symptoms lasts from 2 days to 4 weeks and occurs within 4 weeks of traumatic event

GAD (generalized anxiety disorder) - excessive anxiety and worry for at least 6 weeks about a number of issues with difficulty in controlling the worry








 

 

  


  

To be better prepared for test try to check if you are confident answering these questions and clearly know the differentials

  1. Difference between panic disorder with agoraphobia and without agoraphobia vs specific phobia
  2. Difference between PTSD and ASD
  3. PTSD vs Adjustment disorder vs ASD

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