Module 5: Anxiety, Mood Disorder, OCD

fear and anxiety

Both characterizes a negative affect, but both can also

be adaptive

panic

Fear occurring during an

inappropriate time

anxiety and fear

Both involve the physiological arousal through the

sympathetic nervous system

Cued (Expected)

Uncued (Unexpected)

Two types of panic attack:

Separation Anxiety Disorder

Excessive fear from experiencing separation from

home or from major attachment figures

This usually causes the person significant

distress, and they may have difficulty going to

school or work due to the separation.

selective mutism

Failure to speak in specific social situation

this typically first appears at a

crucial moment in a child's life, such as

beginning preschool.

specific phobia

Marked fear or anxiety on a specific subject or

situation (e.g. heights, blood-injection-injury,

animals)

social anxiety disorder

Fear or anxiety in one or more social

situations wherein the individual is

exposed to possible scrutiny to

others; most common anxiety disorde

panic attacks

Recurrent un-cued panic attacks

agoraphobia

fear or avoidance of situations, such as crowds or wide open places, where one has felt loss of control and panic

generalized anxiety disorder

Anxiety

that

focuses

on

minor

everyday

events,

not one

major

worry

or

concern

;

the

individual

finds it

difficult

to control

Other specified anxiety disorder

it may be diagnosed if you have most but not all of the criteria for

an anxiety disorder. For example, anxiety often causes significant distress, but a few of the

symptoms to meet the full standards are not met.

Unspecified anxiety disorder

this is often diagnosed if you experience anxiety or panic but don't

meet the full criteria for the symptoms of another anxiety disorder. It is often used in hospitals

or other settings when there may be a lack of information to make a complete diagnosis.

panic attack

A sudden and severe episode of anxiety (can happen anytime. unexpectedly)

nervous breakdown

Period of mental illness caused by anxiety, stress, or depression

phobia

is an irrational fear associated with a particular

object or situation. It is common to have some fear of or at

least a desire to avoid such objects as spiders or situations

with enclosed spaces or heights.

Animal (spiders, snakes, dogs)

➢ Natural Environment (tornadoes, heights, storm, water)

➢ Blood-injection-injury (Needles, medical procedures)

➢ Situational ((flying on an airplane,enclosed spaces, elevators)

➢ Others (phobic avoidance of situations that may lead to choking,

vomiting, or contracting an illness, etc.

5 categories of specific phobia

Reactive Attachment Disorder

Pattern of emotionally withdrawn behavior toward

adult caregivers; or had experienced extremes of

insufficient care

Disinhibited Social

Engagement

Disorder

Pattern of behavior in which a child actively

approaches and interacts with unfamiliar adults and

experienced a pattern of extremes of insufficient care

Posttraumatic

Stress Disorder

(PTSD)

Exposure to a traumatic event that involves actual or

threatened injury

acute stress disorder

Exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury

or sexual violation; presence of 9 (or more) symptoms

from the 5 categories namely intrusion symptoms,

negative mood, dissociative symptoms, avoidance

symptoms and arousal symptoms

adjustment disorder

The presence of emotional or behavioral symptoms in

response to an identifiable stressor is the essential

feature of adjustment disorders

prolonged grief disorder

Represents a prolonged maladaptive grief reaction

that can be diagnosed only after at least 12 months (6

months in children and adolescents) have elapsed since

the death of someone with whom the bereaved had a

close relationship

obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

Presence

of

obsessions,

compulsions, or both,

which are timeconsuming

Body Dysphoric Disorder

Preoccupation with

one

or

more

perceived defects or

flaws in physical

appearance

that

are not observable;

-Also

possessed

repetitive behaviors

hoarding disorder

Persistent difficulty in

discarding or parting with

possessions, regardless of

value

trichotillomania

Frequent pulling of one's

hair, which results to hair

loss

excoriation

Repeated picking of skin,

resulting in skin lesions

dystonic

Responses and behaviors that are against a person's beliefs and will.

syntonic

Responsive and appropriate to the environment given the situation

ego

One's self that serves as the bridge between concious and unconcious thought

ego-dystonic behaviors

are actions that are

inconsistent with your ego

ego-syntonic behaviors

are actions that align

with your personal goals, values, and beliefs