BES 31412 Finals MA L6: Anxiety Disorders

Panic Attacks

A sudden rush of intense fear or anxiety that comes on from out of the blue for no apparent reason or in situations where you did not expect it to occur.

Specific Phobia

• Requires that for at least 6 months, a person has experienced marked fear, anxiety, or avoidance as characterized by the following 3 symptoms:

  • Specific fear

  • Fear or anxiety provoked by exposure

  • Avoidance 

Natural Environment, Animals, Mutilation/Medical Treatment, Situations

What are the 4 major Specific Phobia categories?

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

• Requires excessive anxiety and worry that is difficult to control, occuring more days than not for at least 6 months about a number of events or activities associated with at least 3 of the following symptoms:

  • Restlessness

  • Easily Fatigued

  • Difficulty Concentrating

  • Irritability

  • Muscle Tension

  • Sleep Disturbance 

Panic Disorder

• Requires recurrent panic attacks as characterized by at least 4 of the following symptoms:

  • Palpitations, pounding heart, or accelerated heart rate

  • Sweating

  • Trembling or shaking 

  • Sensations of shortness of breath

  • Feelings of choking

  • Chest pain or discomfort

  • Nausea or abdominal distress

  • Feeling dizzy, unsteady, light-headed, or faint

  • Chills or heat sensations

  • Derealization or Depersonalization

  • Fear of Losing Control

  • Fear of Dying

  • Paresthesias – Numbness or tingling

• At least 1 panic attack is followed by at least 1 month of at least 1 of the following symptoms:

  • Persistent worry about the consequences.

    • Consequences might include having a heart attack, losing control, or going crazy.

  • Maladaptive change to avoid the attacks.

    • Change in behavior like avoiding unfamiliar situations or exercise in order to avoid attacks.

Paresthesias

• Numbness or tingling

• A symptom in Panic Disorder

Ablutophobia

Common Phobias

• Fear of bathing

Achluophobia

Common Phobias

Fear of darkness

Acrophobia

Common Phobias

Fear of heights

Aerophobia

Common Phobias

Fear of flying

Algophobia

Common Phobias

Fear of pain

Agoraphobia

Common Phobias

• Fear of open spaces or crowds

Aichmophobia

Common Phobias

• Fear of sharp or pointed objects

Amaxophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of riding in a car

Androphobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of men

Anemophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of air

Anginophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of angina or choking

Angrophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of anger

Anthrophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of flowers

Anthropophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of people or society

Aphenphosmphobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of being touched

Aquaphobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of water

Arachibutyrophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of peanut butter

Arachnophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of spiders

Arithmophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of numbers

Astraphobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of thunder and lightning

Astrophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of outer space

Ataxophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of disorder or untidiness

Atelophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of imperfection

Atychiphobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of failure

Automatonophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of human-like figures

Autophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of being alone

Bacteriophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of bacteria

Barophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of gravity

Bathmophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of stairs or steep slopes

Batrachophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of amphibians

Belonephobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of pins and needles

Bibliophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of books

Botanophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of plants

Bromidrophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of smelling bad

Cacophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of ugliness

Catagelophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of being ridiculed

Catoptrophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of mirrors

Chionophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of snow

Chrometophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of spending money

Chromophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of colors

Chronomentrophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of clocks

Chronophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of time

Cibophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of food

Claustrophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of confined spaces

Cleithrophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of being trapped

Climacophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of climbing

Coulrophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of clowns

Cyberphobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of computers

Cynophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of dogs

Daemonophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of demons

Decidophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of making decisions

Dementophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of madness or insanity

Dendrophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of trees

Dentophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of dentists

Domatophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of houses

Dysmorphophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of deformity

Dystychiphobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of accidents

Ecophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of the home

Ailurophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of cats

Emetophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of vomiting

Enochlophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of crowds

Entomophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of insects

Ephebiphobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of teenagers

Erotophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of sex

Equinophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of horses

Gamophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of marriage

Genophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of sexual intercourse

Genuphobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of knees

Glossophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of speaking in public

Gynophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of women

Haphephobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of touch

Heliophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of the sun

Hemophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of blood

Herpetophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of reptiles

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia

Common Phobias

Fear of the number 666

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of long words

Hydrophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of water

Hypochondria

Common Phobias

– Fear of illness

Iatrophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of doctors

Insectophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of insects

Koinoniphobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of rooms

Koumpounophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of buttons

Leukophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of the color white

Lilapsophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes

Lockiophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of childbirth

Mageirocophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of cooking

Megalophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of large things

Melanophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of the color black

Microphobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of small things

Mysophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of dirt and germs

Necrophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of death or dead things

Noctiphobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of the night

Nomophobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of being without your mobile phone

Nosocomephobia

Common Phobias

– Fear of hospitals