Quiz on terms Anxiety disorders through Dissociative Identity Disorder

Anxiety disorders

Characterized by excessive fear and/or anxiety with related disturbances to behavior

Specific Phobia

dysfunctional fear of a specific object or situation

Acrophobia

fear of heights

Arachnophobia

fear of spiders

Agoraphobia

fear of specific social situations, such as being in a crowd or being in an enclosed public space like a theater, that might cause feelings of panic or being trapped, helpless or embarrassed

Panic Disorder

 characterized by frequent panic attacks

Panic Attacks

Relatively brief but unexpected and overwhelming cognitive and physical symptoms of anxiety, such as chest pain, difficulty breathing, heart palpitations, sweating, and dizziness 

ataque de nervios

a culture-bound disorder identified mainly in people of Caribbean or Iberian descent, characterized by dizziness, difficulty breathing, accelerated heart rate, screaming, crying, aggression, and/or dissociative episodes in response to challenging social circumstances or traumatic events

Social Anxiety Disorder

an intense fear of being watched or judged by others, different from but sometimes overlapping with agoraphobia

Taijin kyofusho

culture-bound anxiety disorder experienced mainly by Japanese people in which people fear that their bodily functions or appearance will cause offence

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Excessive, constant and long-lasting anxiety that is not focused on any particular object or situation, characterized by agitation, difficulty sleeping, worry, and/or tension

Potential causes of anxiety disorders include learned associations between and among stimuli, maladaptive thinking or emotional responses, and biological or genetic sources.

Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders

Characterized by having obsessions and compulsions

Obsessions

unwanted thoughts

Compulsions

unwanted, often repetitive behaviors intended to deal with the obsessive thoughts

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

common obsessions include dirt/germs, fear of something bad happening, desire for order/symmetry; compulsions may include excessive hand-washing, counting, or ritualistic behaviors

Hoarding disorder

People with this have difficulty parting with possessions, creating clutter that interferes with normal functioning and causes distress

Dissociative Disorders

Characterized by dissociations (departures) from consciousness, memory, identity, emotion, perception, body representation, motor control, and behavior