Psych Disorders review

A constant underlying feeling of worry and dread

• Generalized Anxiety Disorder

• Panic Disorder

• OCD

• PTSD

Someone who suffers from ____ would have irrational anxiety creating thoughts that are accompanied by repetitive behaviors meant to relieve the anxiety

• OCD

• PTSD

• Narcissism

• Panic Disorder

Having an overwhelming irrational fear suggests you have _______.

• GAD

• PTSD

• A phobia

• Narcissism

People who have suffered catastrophic events in life may, without treatment, suffer from episodes of intense physiological arousal in response to triggers that remind them of the said event. These people have _____.

• PTSD

• OCD

• Anti-social Personality

• Dependence Disorder

Individuals who have _____ tend to have a sudden onset of intense fear for no reason. People who suffer from this report living in dread of suffering another episode.

• PTSD

• OCD

• GAD

• Panic Disorder

Which of the following is evidence of a possible biological cause of anxiety disorders?

• Anxiety seems to be related to especially stressful events, such as trauma.

• Even when raised in different families, identical twins sometimes have similar phobias.

• Young children can learn to be fearful by watching others.

• Infant monkeys learn to be fearful and anxious by watching older monkeys experience fearful situations.

In comparison to generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder is characterized by periods of distress that are

• more intense and more prolonged.
• less intense and less prolonged.
• more intense and less prolonged.
• less intense and more prolonged.

Fear of being judged and evaluated negatively by other people,

• agoraphobia

• panic disorder

• social anxiety

• generalized anxiety disorder

Type of anxiety disorder in which you fear and avoid places or situations that might cause you to panic

• agoraphobia

• panic disorder

• social anxiety

• generalized anxiety disorder

Obsessions are

• persistent, irrational fears of specific objects, activities, or situations.
• false beliefs of persecution or grandeur.
• periodic episodes of intense dread accompanied by frightening physical sensations.
• offensive and unwanted thoughts that persistently preoccupy a person.