1. Bell Work
What do you think happens when someone has a panic attack?

2. Anxiety Disorders

3. Anxiety Disorders
Primary symptoms are anxiety or defenses against anxiety.
the patient fears something awful will happen to them.
is a state of intense apprehension, uneasiness, uncertainty, or fear.

4. Generalized Anxiety Disorder

5. GAD Excessive anxiety more days than not for 6 months
Difficult to control worry
Associated w/ three symptoms
Restlessness
Fatigued
Difficulty focusing
Irritability
Muscle tension
Sleep disturbance
Distressing

6. Comorbidity Related disorders
Anxiety is comorbid w/ most other disorders.

7. PTSD

8. PTSD Exposure to actual/threatened death, injury, sexual violence
Recurrently, invoulntary, intrusive memories of event
Intense/prolonged psychological distress
Physiological reactions to things related to event
Avoidance of stimuli associated w/ event
Alterations in cognition/mood after event
Duration is 1+ months

9. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

10. OCD Obsessions Compulsions Os and Cs are time consuming (1+ hour)
Recurrent/persistent thoughts
Attempts to ignore/suppress thoughts w/ actions
Compulsions
Repetitive behaviors to aleiviate stress
Os and Cs are time consuming (1+ hour)
Distressing

11. Phobias

12. Specific Phobias Fear of specific object/situation
Object/situation provokes immediate fear/anxiety
Object/situation is actively avoided
Completely irrational
Avoidance lasts 6+ months

13. Social Anxiety Disorders
Criteria for phobias regards one or more social situations
Could be public speaking, could be enclosed spaces with strangers, could be meeting new people, could be public places…
Causes impairment

14. Panic Attack

15. Diagnosis Palpitations Sweating Trembling/shaking Shortness of breath
Chest pain
Nausea
Dizziness
Chills/Heat
Numbness
Fear of losing control
Fear of dying

16. Panic Disorder

17. Diagnosis Panic attacks Anxiety of additional panic attacks
Maladaptive behavior to avoid panic attacks

18. Wrap Up Why do you think OCD is considered an anxiety disorder?
What makes it different than the other anxiety disorders?