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Behav Med 6: Adjustment and Anxiety D/Os
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10/20/2010

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Term
Adjustment D/O types
Definition
  • With depressed mood
  • With Anxiety
  • With mixed anxiety and depressed mood
  • With disturbance of conduct
  • with mixed disturbance of emotions and conduct
Term
Adjustment Disorders- DSM IV
Definition

      The development of emotional or behavioral symptoms in response to an identifiable stressor(s) occurring within 3 months of the onset of the stressor(s)

      These symptoms or behaviors are clinically significant as evidenced by either of the following:

o   Marked distress that is in excess of what would be expected from exposure to the stressor

o   Significant impairment in social or occupational (academic) functioning

      Does not meet the criteria for another specific Axis I disorder

      The symptoms do not represent bereavement

       Once the stressor (or its consequences) has terminated, the symptoms do not persist for more than an additional 6 months

Term
Adjustment D/O risk factors
Definition

          Prior stress exposure

          Stressful childhood experiences

          History of an eating disorder

          Frequent family relocations

          Divorced families

          Death of a parent

          Living with extended family

          Prior exposure to war

Term
Anxiety Disorders
Definition

          Generalized anxiety disorder

          Social phobia

          Panic disorder without agoraphobia

          Panic disorder with agoraphobia

          Obsessive compulsive disorder

          Post traumatic stress disorder

          Specific phobia

Term
Hypervigilance
Definition
excessive attention and focus on all internal and external stimuli secondary to paranoid stance
Term
selective inattention
Definition
blocking out only those things that generate anxiety
Term
anxiety
Definition
feeling of apprehension caused by anticipation of danger, which may be internal or external
Term
free-floating anxiety
Definition
pervasive, unfocused fear not attached to any idea
Term
fear
Definition
anxiety caused by consciously recognized and realistic danger
Term
panic
Definition
acute, episodic, intense attack of anxiety associated with overwhelming feeling of dread and autonomic discharge
Term
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Definition

  • A.      Excessive anxiety and worry (apprehensive expectation), occurring more days than not for at least 6 months, about a number of events or activities (such as work or school performance).
  • B.      The person finds it difficult to control the worry.
  • C.      The anxiety and worry are associated with three (or more) of the following symptoms for the past 6 months. Note: Only one item is required in children.
  • (1) restlessness or feeling keyed up or on edge
  • (2) being easily fatigued
    (3) difficulty concentrating or mind going blank
    (4) irritability
    (5) muscle tension
  • (6) sleep disturbance (difficulty falling or staying asleep, or restless unsatisfying sleep)
Term
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Definition

A.    Either obsessions or compulsions

B.    At some point during the course of the disorder, the person has recognized that the obsessions or compulsions are excessive or unreasonable. NOTE: does not apply to children

C.    The obsessions or compulsions caused marked distress, are time consuming (take more that 1 hr/day) or significantly interfere w/ the person's normal routine, occupational (or academic) fxing, or usual social activities or relationships

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