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| Generalized Anxiety Disorder |
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Definition
| Muscle tension distinguishes it from normal anxiety |
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Term
| Generalized Anxiety Disorder |
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Definition
| Excessive, anxious apprehension and worry about multiple life events, and many minor different things |
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| Generalized Anxiety Disorder |
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Definition
| Less strong responses than other anxiety disorders (e.g less panic) |
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Term
| Panic Disorder with and without Agoraphobia |
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Definition
| Experience unexpected panic attacks (no reason) |
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Term
| Panic Disorder with and without Agoraphobia |
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Definition
| Develop anxiety, worry, fear, about having attack or its implications (or change behaviour to avoid this) |
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Term
| Panic Disorder with and without Agoraphobia |
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Definition
| “knot” in chest, lasted all night, felt like having a heart attack, light headed, flushed, felt like he needed air and would pass out, sweaty, nauseous |
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Definition
| Extreme and irrational fear of a specific object or situation |
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Definition
| Recognize fears are unreasonable, but go to great lengths to avoid phobic objects |
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Term
| Separation anxiety disorder |
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Definition
must have started before age 18
Strong persistent worry about separating from an important person |
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Term
| Social Phobia (Social Anxiety Disorder) |
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Definition
Extreme, irrational fear/shyness in social and performance situations
Exposure to situations leads to anxiety
Often avoid social situations or endure them with great distress |
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Term
| Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder |
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Definition
o Exposure to a traumatic event resulting in extreme fear, helplessness, or horror
o Person continues to re-experience the event (e.g. memories, nightmares, flashbacks) |
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Term
| Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder |
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Definition
o Avoidance or cues that remind them of the event
o Emotional numbing
o Increased arousal |
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Term
| Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder |
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Definition
| known as acute stress disorder until 1 month past trauma |
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Term
| Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder |
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Definition
| Most present with cleaning and washing or checking rituals |
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Term
| Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder |
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Definition
| thoughts or behaviours that drive the person to perform to suppress/counteract thoughts |
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Term
| Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder |
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Definition
| intrusive and nonsensical thoughts, images, or urges make people want to resist or eliminate |
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Term
| Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder |
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Definition
| Thought-action fusion: tendency to view thought as similar to action |
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Term
| Major Depressive Disorder |
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Definition
| single episode of depression with absence of manic or hypomanic episodes before or during the episode once in a lifetime |
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Term
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Definition
-persistently depressed mood for at least 2 years, not symptom free for 2+ months
-Milder and fewer symptoms than depression, but lasts longer |
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Term
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Definition
-persistently depressed mood for at least 2 years, not symptom free for 2+ months
-episode of depression with absence of manic or hypomanic episodes before or during the episode |
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Term
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Definition
| major depressive episodes alternate with full manic episodes (not hypomanic) |
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Term
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Definition
| major depressive episodes alternate with hypomanic episodes |
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Term
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Definition
chronic alternation of elevation and depression that does not reach the severity of manic or major depressive episodes
2+ years of having both episodes |
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Term
| Major Depressive Disorder, recurrent |
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Definition
-single episode of depression with absence of manic or hypomanic episodes before or during the episode
-two or more depressive periods separated by at least 2 months |
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