Transcript Anxiety Disorders Powerpoint

The Anxiety Disorders
PTSD
Phobias
Fears
OCD
Holocaust Survivors: Why did so few have
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder?
◊ By examining the coping skills used by
survivors of the camps, researchers have
identified seven major strategies that seem to
have contributed to their survival, and almost
no documented cases of PTSD.
Seven Coping Strategies
◊ Differential focus on the good Sunsets, scraps of vegetables, etc.
◊ Survival for some purpose Find some meaning in their continued existence
◊ Psychological distancing Intellectualizing, religious conviction, time focus,
and humor
Seven Coping Strategies, cont’d.
◊ Mastery A goal to strive to master
◊ Will to live -
◊ Hope ◊ Social support -
What do people fear?
◊ August, 2000 Discovery Health Channel
commissioned a nationally
representative telephone survey of
1000 Americans.
Top 10 responses 10. Fear of fire
9. Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes
8. Fear of cancer
7. Fear of hell
6. Fear of public speaking
Top 10 responses, cont’d
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Fear
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drowning
being bound or tied up
heights
being buried alive
snakes
Top 5 fears of men vs. top 5 of women
◊ Men
◊ Women
1. Buried alive
1. Snakes
2. Heights
2. Being bound or tied up
3. Snakes
3. Buried alive
4. Drowning
4. Heights
5. Public speaking
5. Public speaking
Penn State Worry Questionnaire
◊ Reverse scores for questions - 1, 3, 8, 10, 11
(1 = 5, 2 = 4, 3 = 3, 4 = 2, 5 = 1)
◊ Add up all of the scores
◊ Range of 16 - 80
◊ Mean of 48.8
◊ Females - 51.2
Males 46.1
Fear Survey
◊ The 11 fears that received the
highest intensity ratings:
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Untimely or early death
Death of a loved one
Speaking before a group
Snakes
Not being a success
Fear Survey, cont’d.
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Being self-conscious
Illness or injury to loved ones
Making mistakes
Looking foolish
Failing a test
Suffocating
Phobias
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Agoraphobia Claustrophobia Triskaidekaphobia Thanatophobia Santa Claustrophobia Panaphobia -