Alternative treatments for anxiety — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: If a psychosocial stressor causes continued impairment > 6 months after the stressor ends, it is _____ disorder

Answer: generalized anxiety

Flashcard 2: Benzodiazepines may be used to treat _____ disorder and panic disorder, though SSRIs and SNRIs are first line

Answer: generalized anxiety

Flashcard 3: What is the first line treatment for generalized anxiety disorder? _____

Answer: CBT + SSRIs/SNRIs

Flashcard 4: _____ disorders include panic disorder, phobias, generalized anxiety disorder, and selective mutism

Answer: Anxiety

Flashcard 5: Specific phobias can be treated with _____ therapy (a form of behavioral therapy)

Answer: systematic desensitization

Flashcard 6: What drugs (2) may be used to treat social anxiety disorder for anxiety-inducing situations?_____

Answer: Benzodiazepines or -blockers

Flashcard 7: anxiety disorder

Answer:

Extra: increased: NE decreased: serotonin, GABA 

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

Answer: stress, panic

Flashcard 9: Anxiety is characterized by _____ serotonin

Answer: decreased

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Flashcard 10: _____ may be used to treat parasomnias in children, such as sleep walking and night terrors

Answer: Benzodiazepines

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