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| Panic Disorder Prevalence |
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| About 2.7% of the population meet criteria for PD during a given 1-year period. 4.7% lifetime |
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| Panic disorder clinical description |
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- Unexpected attacks
- Avoidance of sit. when PA may occur
- Persists > 1 mo.
- Interoceptive avoidance
- May abuse drugs to cope
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- Acute onset
- Ages 20-24
- Rare in children
- Elderly focus on health concerns
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| What percent of those diagnosed with Agoraphobia are male? |
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| Practical fears (Ex: Large numbers of people=harder to escape sit.) |
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| Panic disorder medication treatments |
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- SSRIs
- Benzodiazepines (90%relapse rate when discont.)
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| Panic disorder psychological treatments |
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- Exposure based
- Reality testing
- Goal is to decrease avoidance
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| Panic disorder: Panic Control Treatment |
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- Exposure to interoceptive cues
- Cog. therapy (test dangerous hypothesis)
- Relaxation/breathing
- High degree of efficacy
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| Prozac and Paxil are examples of: |
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| Selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) |
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| Alprazolam (Xanax) is an example of: |
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| a high-potency benzodiazepine |
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| True/False: Panic disorder relapse rates are lowest when medication and psychological therapy are combined |
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| Specific phobia clinical description |
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Definition
- Irrational fear of a specific object or situation
- Invariably provokes fear reponse
- Interferes with ability to function
- Ind. avoid sit. where phobic response might occur
- Present > 6 mo.
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| Name the 5 types of specific phobias |
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Definition
- Blood-injection-injury Phobia
- Situational Phobia
- Natural Environment Phobia
- Animal Phobia
- Other (Illness/choking/vomiting, Separation Anxiety Disorder, School Phobia
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| Specific Phobia prevalence |
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| Specific Phobia F:M ratio |
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| What is the course of a specific phobia? |
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| Possible causes of specific phobia |
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- Direct exposure (true alarm)
- Vicarious experience :observing it happen to someone else (true alarm)
- Unexpected PA (false alarm becomes paired with fear rxn)
- Specific psychological vulnerability: the world is a dangerous place generally
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| Specific phobia treatents |
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- Exposure (graduated, structured, consistent)
- Relaxation
Most people don't seek treatment b/c they structure lives in such a way that they can avoid these objects/sit.=funtional |
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