Anxiety — Flashcards

Flashcard 61: What is the most effective nonpharmacological treatment for Tourette's syndrome? _____

Answer: Habit reversal training (a form of CBT)

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Flashcard 62: What is the preferred drug for treating performance-only social anxiety disorder? _____

Answer: Benzodiazepines or β-blockers

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Flashcard 63: _____ is a defense mechanism involving avoiding the awareness of some painful reality.

Answer: Denial

Flashcard 64: Treatment for trichotillomania? _____

Answer: Habit reversal training (behavioral therapy)

Extra: Trichotillomania is classified under **Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders**. Management includes: - **Habit Reversal Training** (a form of CBT): First-line and most effective treatment. - Pharmacotherapy: SSRIs, clomipramine, or N-acetylcysteine are sometimes used as adjuncts.

Flashcard 65: Anxiety, sleep disturbances, ↑ LFTs and macrocytosis is suggestive of _____

Answer: alcohol use disorder

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Flashcard 66: Patients with obsessive compulsive personality disorder are ego-_____, which means their behavior is consistent with their own beliefs or attitudes

Answer: syntonic

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Flashcard 67: Patients with generalized anxiety disorder frequently come to their PCP with _____

Answer: somatic symptoms

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Flashcard 68: _____ is the lack of interest and avoidance of eating based on the sensory characteristics of food, with typical onset in infancy or early childhood

Answer: Avoidant-Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)

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Flashcard 69: Exaggerated fear of > 2 situations due to difficulty escaping (open/closed/crowded places) lasting > 6 months is characteristic of _____

Answer: agoraphobia

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Flashcard 70: Recurring anxiety-provoking, intrusive thoughts relieved by repetitive behaviors (rituals) that causes distress is characteristic of _____

Answer: obsessive compulsive disorder

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