Explain the Concept of Abnormal Physcology Flashcards

CBT intervention designed to help people stay focused and in touch with the present moment; acceptance of negative emotions encouraged as a method to defuse them.

Process by which patients’ relatives or significant others collude with them to help them avoid anxiety-provoking situations or repeatedly reassure them that everything is okay; associated with poorer patient outcomes.

DSM-5, ICD-10, and ICD-11 disorder diagnosed in people who fear being in situations where they may have an intense and embarrassing fear reaction (such as a panic attack) and won’t be able to escape.

Front area of cingulate cortex that is important in decision-making, anticipating rewards, emotion, and impulse control.

An emotion characterized by feelings of tension, worried thoughts, and physical changes like increased blood pressure; involves cognitive appraisals related to more basic fear responses.

Drugs used to relieve anxiety; usually refers to benzodiazepines.

Secondary drugs used to improve the impact of primary drugs; for example, benzodiazepines are sometimes used to augment the effect of SSRIs for OCD.

Cognitive explanation of anxiety that maintains people are often anxious about negative events potentially befalling them in the future; worry about events that haven’t happened yet is negatively reinforced because thinking about anxiety-provoking possibilities is less stressful than experiencing more intense physiological symptoms of anxiety.

Highly addictive sedative-hypnotic drugs such as secobarbital and pentobarbital; previously used as anti-anxiety drugs, but have generally been replaced by benzodiazepines.

Blood pressure reducing drugs that block norepinephrine receptors; used to relieve anxiety.

DSM-5 and ICD-11 disorder in which people display obsessional preoccupation with one or more perceived physical flaws in their appearance; listed as a variant of hypochondriasis in the ICD-10.

An anxiolytic drug that decreases serotonin levels, but not by blocking serotonin reuptake; thus, it is not classified as an SSRI.

Holds that people prone to recurrent, unexpected panic attacks catastrophically misinterpret certain bodily sensations; the more they interpret sensations in an anxious way, the stronger the sensations become—eventually resulting in a full-blown panic attack.

Behaviors or mental acts that a person feels driven to perform.

Models that hold that OCD is explicable in terms of the complex circuitry by which various areas of the brain communicate.