Term
|
Definition
a. Discrete period in which there is the sudden onset of intense apprehension, fearfulness, or terror, often associated with feelings of impending doom.
b. During these attacks, symptoms such as shortness of breath, palpitations, chest pain or discomfort, chocking or smothering sensations, and fear of “going crazy” or losing control are present |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a. Anxiety or avoidance of places or situations from which escape might be difficult or embarrassing or in which help may not be available in the event of having Panic Attack or panic-like symptoms |
|
|
Term
| Panic Disorder without Agoraphobia |
|
Definition
a. Recurrent unexpected Panic Attacks about which there is persistent concern
→ Onset = typically late adolescence and the mid-30s
→ Twice common in women |
|
|
Term
| Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia |
|
Definition
a. Both recurrent unexpected Panic Attacks and Agoraphobia
→ 3 times as common in females
→ onset is 20-30 years old |
|
|
Term
| Agoraphobia without history of panic disorder |
|
Definition
| a. Presence of agoraphobia and panic-like symptoms without a history of unexpected Panic Attacks |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
a. Significant anxiety provoked by exposure to a specific feared object or situation, often leading to avoidance behavior
• Animal Type
• Natural Environment Type
• Blood-Injection-Injury Type
• Situational Type
• Other Type |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
a. Clinically significant anxiety provoked by exposure to certain types of social or performance situations, often leading to avoiding behavior
→ typical onset in mid teens |
|
|
Term
| Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder |
|
Definition
a. Obsessions which cause marked anxiety or distress, and/or by compulsions which serve to neutralize anxiety.
b. The person recognizes that the obsessions or compulsions are excessive or unreasonable
c. Take more than an hour a day |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Obsessions: persistent ideas, thoughts, impulses or images that are experienced as intrusive and inappropriate and cause marked anxiety or distress. |
|
|
Term
| Post traumatic Stress Disorder |
|
Definition
a. The reexperiencing of an extremely traumatic event accompanied by symptoms of increased arousal and by avoidance of stimuli associated with the trauma
b. Person was exposed to a traumatic event
c. Duration of symptoms is greater than 1 month
• Acute: if duration of symptoms is less than 3 months
• Chronic: if duration of symptoms is 3 months or more
• With delayed onset: if onset of symptoms is at least 6 months after the stressor |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
a. Symptoms similar to those of PTSD that occur immediately in the aftermath of an extremely traumatic event
b. Disturbance lasts for a minimum of two days and a maximum of 4 weeks
c. Must have 3 or more dissociative symptoms
d. Derealization- when the world around you feels unreal or unfamiliar
e. Depersonalization- spectator of your own life, dethatched from your own experience with your body- watching you life like it is a movie
f. Dissociative amnesia- inability to recall important personal information - Cannot be explained by ordinary forgetfulness |
|
|
Term
| Generalized Anxiety Disorder |
|
Definition
a. At least 6 months of persistent and excessive anxiety and worry
b. Person finds it difficult to control the worry |
|
|
Term
| Anxiety Disorder Due to General Medical Conditions |
|
Definition
a. Anxiety judged to be a direct physiological consequence of a general medical condition
b. Prominent anxiety, Panic Attacks, or obsessions or compulsions predominate in the clinical picture
• With generalized anxiety
• With panic attacks
• With OCD
→ “Hype Thyroid with General Anxiety Disorder” |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
i. Emotional or behavioral symptoms in response to an identifiable stressor occurring within 3 months of the onset of the stressor
ii. Clinically significant by either: Marked distress that is in excess of what would be expected from exposure the stressor OR Significant impairment in social or occupational (academic) functioning
iii. Once the stressor is removed, the symptoms do not persist for more than an additional 6 months.
Specify: With Depressed Mood, With Anxiety, With Mixed Anxiety and Depressed Mood, With disturbance of Conduct, With Mixed Disturbance of Emotions and Conduct, Unspecified
i. Acute: less than 6 months
ii. Chronic: 6 months or longer |
|
|
Term
| Intermittent Explosive Disorder |
|
Definition
| Discreet episodes of failure to resists aggressive impulses resulting in serious assaults or destruction of property |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Recurrent failure to resist impulses to steal objects not needed for personal use or monetary value |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Pattern of fire setting for pleasure, gratification, or relief of tension |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Recurrent and persistent maladaptive gambling behavior |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Recurrent pulling out of ones hair for pleasure, gratification or relief of tension that results in noticeable hair loss |
|
|
