(Integrative lecture): From anxiety to anxiety disorder
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What is an important factor indicating vulnerability to developing an anxiety disorder again after treatment?
- Treatment involving extinction learning
- Increase in stress levels
- Re-emergence of old learning patterns
What distinguishes panic disorder from just having a panic attack?
- Attention drawn to bodily systems
- Triggering of attention in certain places
- Inability to make sense of the experience leading to self-observation
- Triangular framework of behavior, cognitions, and emotions
What are typical symptoms, cognitions, and behaviors associated with panic attacks?
- Cognitions: seriousness, impending danger, fear of fainting or dying, losing control
- Behaviors: avoidance, safety behaviors like trying to escape or rest
- Long-term behaviors lead to safety and avoidance behaviors, including stopping certain activities like driving
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How might agoraphobia develop, and how does it impact an individual's life?
- Fear of falling in public due to medical concerns
- Life adjustment to avoid triggers (e.g., arranging appointments at home)
- Still possible to leave the house with company
- Fear-induced pattern of behavior, limiting everyday activities
What is a significant difference between individuals with panic disorder and those with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)?
- GAD: main struggles with cognitive processes like excessive worry
- Symptom differences: panic disorder - physical symptoms, GAD - emotional symptoms
- Cognitive differences: panic disorder - fear of imminent danger, GAD - excessive and persistent worry
What role does avoidance behavior play in the development and maintenance of panic disorder?
- Long-term avoidance behaviors reinforcing the disorder
- Can lead to safety behaviors and avoidance of triggers like driving
- Avoidance behaviors linked to reinforcement of fear and anxiety over time
How does the fear of falling in public relate to the development of agoraphobia?
- Can lead to worries about one's own body and health
- Continuous fears about falling in public can escalate to agoraphobia
- Fear-induced cycle of avoidance and restriction in personal activities
What is a common underlying factor for both anxiety and depression in individuals with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)?
- Meta-cognitions contributing to excessive worry
- Problems with cognitive processes like heightened vigilance for potential threats
- Presence of general symptoms like irritability, muscle tension, and sleep disturbances
What are some behaviors associated with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)?
- Distraction
- Self-medication
How do individuals with GAD try to stop their worrying?
- Recognize the need for these strategies to alleviate worries
- GAD is predominantly cognitive with minimal overt avoidance behavior or intense panic attacks
What distinguishes Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) symptoms and cognitions from Panic Disorder?
What kind of thoughts are common in individuals with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)?
- "What if...," "Would I really..." thoughts that are strange to the individual
- They know something is off
What behaviors can be seen in individuals with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)?
- Reassurance behavior (e.g., showering for two hours, counting rituals)
When should one be cautious about potential schizophrenia in an individual with OCD?
- If the voices dictate harmful actions
What are some characteristics and experiences of Mary, a case of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)?
- Experienced moderate depression following divorce, declined antidepressants
- Feels stressed all the time, worries constantly about everything
- Feels tension in shoulders, stomach, and legs when worried
- Poor sleep due to worrying, feels tired and irritable, does not consume alcohol
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