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Question 21

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Which of the following procedures is NOT part of Barlow's panic control treatment (PCT) ?

A) Cognitive therapy to modify conscious or unconscious perceptions about the "dangerousness" of feared situations
B) Creation of mini panic attacks in the therapist's office
C) Exercises to elevate the heart rate or spinning to make the patient dizzy
D) Reducing interfering memories from early experiences with frightening stimuli.

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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Regarding pharmacological treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorder,the most effective drugs are those that inhibit the reuptake of the neurotransmitter called

A) serotonin.
B) dopamine.
C) noradrenaline.
D) epinephrine.

E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

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What element of OCD applies to Richard (the case described in the textbook) ,who was obsessed with the idea that if he did not eat in a certain ritualistic way,he would become possessed?

The model of the etiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder in the text suggests that in order for an individual to develop OCD,________ must be present.

Jenike,et al.(1986) found that the most common obsessions in a group of 100 patients were related to

Research studies have shown that the therapeutic benefits of medication for OCD

According to research studies reported in the textbook,people with OCD who hold fundamentalist religious beliefs often present with

Tony has thoughts about hating his younger brother and wishing he would die.He becomes very anxious about these thoughts because he has developed the idea that if anything really happened to his brother,it would be his fault.For no explainable reason,Tony starts mentally counting by odd numbers each time he walks past his brother's room and discovers that this activity makes him less anxious.Tony's behavior can be described as

Hideki was attending his fifth baseball game at Condor Stadium,where he had previously had a panic attack.He did not know if he would have a panic attack today,but shortly after entering the stadium,he did.This type of panic attack is

DSM criteria of panic attacks include all of the following symptoms

Normal,ordinary people who have occasional intrusive thoughts with bizarre,sexual,or aggressive content would not be considered to have OCD.However,they would if they found the thoughts unacceptable or even dangerous and also

Since 1999,the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved all of the following medications for the treatment of social anxiety disorder

Agoraphobia,which has come to mean "fear of going out," derives from the Greek word agora,meaning

Mr.J suffers from a severe case of obsessive-compulsive disorder.His symptoms have not responded to either medication or psychological therapies.As a last resort,his therapist suggests the possibility of a psychosurgical procedure,specifically an operation called

The alarm reaction to danger that is triggered by anxiety primarily involves the ________ nervous system.

Which type of compulsion has the highest prevalence rate?

Although blood-injury-injection phobia is a specific phobia,it differs from others with regard to

The area of the brain most often associated with anxiety is the

Which physiological measure consistently distinguishes individuals with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) from nonanxious normal subjects?

Why is anxiety termed "a future-oriented mood state" and fear an "alarm reaction to actual present danger"? Discuss biological and psychological similarities and differences between these emotional events.Explore the idea that fear is panic that occurs in an inappropriate setting.