Cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxiety — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Treatment for separation anxiety disorder includes _____, play therapy, and family therapy

Answer: CBT

Flashcard 2: Agoraphobia is associated with _____ disorder

Answer: panic

Flashcard 3: _____ disorders are characterized by an inappropriate experience of fear/worry and physical manifestations incongruent with the magnitude of the perceived stressor

Answer: Anxiety

Flashcard 4: What is the first line treatment for generalized anxiety disorder? _____

Answer: CBT + SSRIs/SNRIs

Flashcard 5: _____ disorders include panic disorder, phobias, generalized anxiety disorder, and selective mutism

Answer: Anxiety

Flashcard 6: Specific phobias can be treated with _____ therapy (a form of behavioral therapy)

Answer: systematic desensitization

Flashcard 7: Changes in neurotransmitter levels in Anxiety Disorders?

Answer: Increased: Norepinephrine (NE)\nDecreased: Serotonin (5-HT), GABA

Extra: Neurotransmitter changes in Anxiety Disorders.

Flashcard 8: What emotional states are most associated with the locus ceruleus?

Answer: stress, panic

Flashcard 9: Anxiety is characterized by _____ serotonin

Answer: decreased

Extra: Watch associated Bootcamp video [https://app.bootcamp.com/med-school/neurology/videos/neurotransmitter-activity-in-psychiatric-disease?index=4] https://onlinemeded.org/spa/neurology?ref=anki 

Flashcard 10: _____ disorder is a psychological trauma in response to life threatening situation (witnessing death, serious injury, or sexual violence)

Answer: Post-traumatic stress

Extra:  Watch associated Bootcamp video [https://app.bootcamp.com/med-school/psychiatry/videos/anxiety-trauma-and-stress-disorders?index=2] https://onlinemeded.org/spa/psychiatry/anxiety-disorders/acquire?ref=anki