Trauma, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders

3 important questions on Trauma, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders

Which 2 systems are activated in the fight or flight response by the hypothalamus?

  1. Autonomic nervous system
    1. sympathic division
  2. adrenal-cortical system
    1. hormone release

Which 5 categories of specific phobias does the DSM-5 group?

  1. Animal type
    1. evolutionary history: snakes and spiders
  2. natural environment type
    1. storms, heights or water
  3. situational type
    1. claustrophobia
  4. blood-injection-injury type
    1. seeing blood or injury
  5. other

Which disorders are related to obsessive compulsive disorder?

  • Hoarding
    • people cannot throw away their possessions, often because of emotional attachments
  • hair pulling disorder
    • recurrent pulling out of their hair --> bald spots
  • skin picking disorder
    • recurrent picking at scabs --> lesions that infect or form scars
  • body dysmorphic disorder
    • excessively preoccupied with a part of their body they believe is defective, but others see as normal --> checking the mirror or looking for reassurance
    • highly comorbid: anxiety, depression, personality, substance and OCD

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