Anxiety Disorders

For the past 8 months, Susan has had persistent and excessive bouts of anxiety.  She is really anxious a lot of the time, but the reason for her anxiety is not something specific.  What is she probably suffering from?

• Social Phobia
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder
• A Specific Phobia
• Obsessive-compulsive Disorder

Brian is always worried about making a fool of himself. He gets intensely anxious about situations where he might say something wrong or be scrutinized, like giving a presentation at work. What is he probably suffering from?

• Social Phobia

• Generalized Anxiety Disorder

• A Specific Phobia

• Obsessive-compulsive Disorder

Edward really hates germs. He always seems worried about whether his hands are clean. He takes it to the extreme, going through the process of adding soap seven times when he washes his hands. He can't stop the thoughts that he might be contaminated. The only thing that stops the thoughts, is when he cleans himself, but then the thoughts come back. What is he probably suffering from?

• Social Phobia

• Generalized Anxiety Disorder

• A Specific Phobia

• Obsessive-compulsive Disorder

Which of the following would be considered a compulsion?

• Checking twenty times to see if the front door is locked
• Thinking about a song over and over again
• Feeling anxiety when spinning on a carnival ride
• All of the answers are correct

Daphne suffers from a strong, irrational fear of birds. She recognizes that her fear is excessive, but she can't seem to control her anxiety. Daphne's fear of birds is called a(n) ?

• Anxious attack
• Phobia
• Neurotic trend
• Obsession

Which of the following pairs of terms is a persistent preoccupation with something, most often an idea or feeling and an irresistible impulse to perform ritualistic behavior, such as hand washing, counting, or putting things in order?

• Obsession; compulsion
• Compulsion; obsession
• Phobia; compulsion
• Compulsion; phobia

Daphne, a third-grade teacher, suffers from dizziness, heart palpitations, muscular tension, and fatigue on a daily basis. She is also continually agitated and unable to relax outside the classroom, but she cannot pinpoint a reason for her problems. Her behavior is most indicative of a(n)

• generalized anxiety disorder.

• phobia

• obsessive-compulsive disorder.

• dissociative disorder.

When someone reties her shoes over and over until they are just right, they may have a(n)

• obsession

• compulsion

• hysteria

• phobia

Claustrophobia means fear of

• Open spaces

• Closed spaces

• Height

• Lizards

Ryan’s social phobia has led him to lose jobs and relationships.  In this case, Ryan has a disorder because his behavior is:

•  dangerous.
•  common.
•  medically based.
• dysfunctional.