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Uph Lecture Series Anxiety Disorders
Uph Lecture Series Anxiety Disorders
Uph Lecture Series Anxiety Disorders
UPH LECTURE SERIES DR. W.M. ROAN, DPM(Lond). August 19, 2005
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ANXIETY DISORDERS
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PANIC ATTACK AGORAPHOBIA PANIC DISORDER W./OUT AGORAPHOBIA AGORAPHOBIA W./OUT HISTORY OF PANIC DISORDER SPECIFIC PHOBIA SOCIAL PHOBIA OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER ACUTE STRESS DISORDER GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER ANXIETY DISORDERS DUE TO GENERAL MEDICAL CONDITION SUBSTANCE-INDUCED ANXIETY DISORDER ANXIETY DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED (NOS)
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PANIC ATTACK
A DISCRETE PERIOD IN WHICH THERE IS A SUDDEN ONSET OF INTENSE APPREHENSION, FEARFULNESS, OR TERROR, OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH FEELINGS OF IMPENDING DOOM. OFTEN ACCOMPANIED BY SYMPTOMS OF SHORTNESS OF BREATH, PALPITATION, CHEST PAIN OR DISCOMFORT, CHOKING OR SMOTHERING SENSATIONS, AND FEAR OF GOING CRAZY OR LOSING CONTROL.
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AGORAPHOBIA
(Agora=market place, phobia=fear)
ANXIETY ABOUT, OR AVOIDANCE OF, PLACES OR SITUATION FROM WHICH ESCAPE MIGHT BE DIFFICULT (OR EMBARRASSING) OR IN WHICH HELP MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE IN THE EVENT OF HAVING A PANIC ATTACK OR PANIC-LIKE SYMPTOMS
EXAMPLES OF AGORAPHOBIA
MILD:
APPREHENSION HAVING SOCIAL GATHERING WITH ca. 20 PEOPLE OR MORE, WITH COMPLAINTS OF NAUSEA, VOMITING, STOMACH ACHES, DIARRHOEA
MODERATE:
DARE NOT TO WALK ALONE ON THE STREET AVOID GOING INTO SHOPPING MALLS OR DEPARTMENT STORES, ESPECIALLY MARKET PLACE FEAR OF WALKING ALONE IN THE CORRIDOR OF BIG BUILDING
SEVERE:
HOUSE-BOUND HOUSE-WIVES, DARE NOT TO LEAVE HOME
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SPECIFIC PHOBIA
(SIMPLE PHOBIA) CHARACTERIZED BY CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT ANXIETY PROVOKED BY EXPOSURE TO A SPECIFIC FEARED OBJECT OR SITUATION OFTEN LEADING TO AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOUR.
ANIMAL TYPE (fear of dogs, cats, lizards, cockroaches) NATURAL ENVIRONMENT TYPE (fear of space, prairie) BLOOD-INJECTION TYPE (fear of blood, medical) SITUATIONAL TYPE, (tunnel, flying, enclosed places)
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SOCIAL PHOBIA
CHARACTERIZED BY CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT ANXIETY PROVOKED BY EXPOSURE TO CERTAIN TYPES OF SOCIAL OR PERFORMANCE SITUATIONS, OFTEN LEADING TO AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOUR
SUCH AS EATING OUT ALONE IN RESTAURANT LECTURER FEARS OF LECTURING OR PRESENTING IN FRONT OF STUDENTS OR AN AUDIENCE FEAR OF BLUSHING AND NOTED BY OTHERS FEAR OF MEETING WITH SUPERIORS OR HIGH RANKING PERSONS UNEASY ENCOUNTERING PEOPLE
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OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER
CHARACTERIZED BY OBSESSIONS (WHICH CAUSE MARKED ANXIETY OR DISTRESS) &/OR BY COMPULSION (WHICH SERVE TO NEUTRALIZE ANXIETY)
INCESSANT COMING OF NUMBERS OR IDEAS, WHEN DRIVING A CAR, DOUBTFUL WHETHER HE HAD HIT A PERSON FREQUENT HAND-WASHING W./OUT REASONS SUCH AS FEAR OF DIRT / BACTERIA. WOMAN WHO FEARS SPLASH OF WASTE WATER FREQUENT CHECKING OF LOCKED DOORS.
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ANXIETY DISORDER
NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED (NOS) FOR CODING DISORDERS WITH PROMINENT ANXIETY OR PHOBIC AVOIDANCE THAT DO NOT MEET CRITERIA FOR ANY OF THE SPECIFIC ANXIETY DISORDERS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION (OR ANXIETY SYMPTOMS ABOUT WHICH THERE IS INADEQUATE OR CONTRADICTORY INFORMATION) SEPARATION ANXIETY DISORDER (CHILD) PHOBIC AVOIDANCE TO GENITAL SEXUAL CONTACT
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CHEST PAIN OR DISCOMFORT NAUSEA OR ABDOMINAL DISTRESS FEELING DIZZY, UNSTEADY, LIGHTHEADED, OR FAINT DEREALIZATION (FEELING OF UNREALITY) OR DEPERSONALIZATION (DETACHED FROM ONESELF) FEAR OF LOSING CONTROL OR GOING CRAZY FEAR OF DYING PARESTHESIAS (NUMBNESS OR TINGLING SENSATIONS) CHILLS OR HOT FLASHES
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SOMATOFORM DISORDERS
PRESENCE OF PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS THAT SUGGEST A GENERAL MEDICAL CONDITION NOT FULLY EXPLAINED BY THAT GEN. MED. CONDITION, NOR THE DIRECT EFFECTS OF A SUBSTANCE OR MENTAL DISORDER (PANIC)
SOMATIZATION DISORDER (HYSTERIA / BRIQUETS SYNDROME) CONVERSION DISORDER PAIN DISORDER HYPOCHONDRIASIS BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER
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SOMATIZATION DISORDER
HISTORY OF MANY PHYSICAL COMPLAINTS BEFORE AGE 30 YRS OCCUR FOR SEVERAL YRS RESULT IN TREATMENT BEING SOUGHT OR SIGNIFICANT IMPAIRMENT IN SOCIAL, OCCUPATIONAL OR OTHER AREAS OF FUNCTIONING
4 PAIN SYMPTOMS e.g. head, abdomen, back, joints, extremities, chest, rectum, during menstruation, sexual intercourse, or urination 2 gastrointestinal symptoms, e.g. nausea, bloating, vomiting (not during pregnancy), diarrhoea, intolerance of several foods
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1 sexual symptom e.g. sexual indifference, erectile or ejaculatory dysfunction, irregular menses, excessive menstrual bleeding, vomiting throughout pregnancy 1 pseudo-neurological symptom e.g. conversion symptom like impaired coordination or balance, paralysis or localized weakness, difficult swallowing or lump in throat, aphonia, urinary retention, hallucinations, loss of touch or pain sensation, double vision, blindness, deafness, seizures, dissociative symptoms such as amnesia, or loss of consciousness Those symptoms (B) cannot be fully explained If there is related gen. med. Cond. Physical complaints & resulting social & occupational impairment are in excess of what would be expected. The symptoms are not intentionally produced or feigned
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CONVERSION DISORDER
1 / > Symptoms or deficits affectidistressng voluntary motor or sensory function that suggest a neurological or other gen. med. Condition. Psychological factors are judged to be associated with the symptom or deficit because the initiation or exacerbation of the symptom or deficit is preceded by conflicts or other stressors. The symptom or deficit is not intentionally produced or feigned. The symptom or deficit cannot be fully explained by a gen. med. Condition, substance effect or as a culturally sanctioned behaviour or experience The symptom & deficit causes distress or impairment in social, occupational or other important areas of functioning
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PAIN DISORDER
PAIN IN ONE OR MORE ANATOMICAL SITES IS THE PREDOMINANT FOCUS OF THE CLINICAL PRESENTATION & IS OF SUFFICIENT SEVERITY TO WARRANT CLINICAL ATTENTION THE PAIN CAUSES DISTRESS OR IMPAIRMENT IN SOCIAL, OCCUPATIONAL OR OTHER IMPORTANT AREAS OF FUNCTIONING PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS ARE JUDGED TO HAVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE ONSET, SEVERITY, EXACERBATION, OR MAINTENANCE OF THE PAIN THE SYMPTOM OR DEFICIT IS NOT INTENTIONALLY PRODUCED OR FEIGNED (AS IN FACTITIOUS DISORDER OR MALINGERING) THE PAIN IS NOT BETTER ACCOUNTED FOR BY A MOOD, ANXIETY, OR PSYCHOTIC DISORDER AND DOES NOT MEET CRITERIA FOR DYSPAREUNIA
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HYPOCHONDRIASIS
PREOCCUPATION WITH FEARS OF HAVING, OR THE IDEA THAT ONE HAS, A SERIOUS DISEASE BASED ON THE PERSONS MISINTERPRETATION OF BODILY SYMPTOMS THE PREOCCUPATION PERSISTS DESPITE APPROPRIATE MEDICAL EVALUATION AND ASSURANCE THE BELIEF IN THE ABOVE IS NOT OF DELUSIONALINTENSITY (AS IN DELUSIONAL DISORDER, SOMATIC TYPE) AND IS NOT RESTRICTED TO A CIRCUMSCRIBED CONCERN ABOUT APPEARANCE (AS IN BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER) THE PREOCCUPATION CAUSES CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT DISTRESS OR IMPAIRMENT IN SOCIAL, OCCUPATIONAL & OTHER IMPORTANGT AREAS OF FUNCTIONING THE DURATION OF THE DISTURBANCE IS AT LEAST 6 MONTHS THE PREOCCUPATION IS NOT BETTER ACCOUNTED FOR BY GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER, OCD, PANIC DISORDER, MAJOR DEPRESSIVE EPISODE, SEPARATION ANXIETY, OR ANOTHER SOMATOFORM DISORDER
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