ANXIETY DISORDERS

Mood Symptoms

Tension
Anxiety Anxiety
Fear Fear Fear Fear
Dread Dread Dread
Panic Panic Panic
T E R R O R!
 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD)
• Traumatic
event exposure
– Death or serious
injury/threat
– Reaction of intense
fear, helplessness,
horror.
 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD)

• Event is re-
experienced
– Intrusive thoughts
– Dreams
– Flashbacks
– Triggers
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD)

• Avoidance
– Avoid reminders
– Detachment/dimini
shed interest
– Foreshortened
future
 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD)
• Persistent arousal
– Sleep disturbance
– Irritability
– Hypervigilance

• Impairment in functioning
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD)

• Symptoms > 1
month
 Acute Stress Disorder

Symptoms:

2 days - 1 month
TREATMENT
• Immediately after
trauma
• Education/reassurance
regarding symptoms
• Discuss details of
incident (exposure)
• Identify and process
areas of impact
 Generalized Anxiety Disorder
(Neurosis)
• Excessive
anxiety/ worry/
anxious
apprehension
– Regarding
several
events/activities
– > 6 months
 Generalized Anxiety Disorder
(Neurosis)

• Difficult to control worry

- “What if?” - vague
future.
• Autonomic arousal
• Impairs functioning
• 6.6% females
• 3.6% males
 PANIC DISORDER
• Unexpected, recurrent
panic attacks
– 4x in 4-week period
• Panic attacks - sudden
onset, peak within 10
minutes
– Physical - shortness of
breath,heart races, chest
pain, dizzy/faint
 PANIC DISORDER

Emotional - terror,
derealization/depersonal
ization.

Cognitions - out of
control or go crazy.