Anxiety, Panic, OCD, PTSD2 components of anxiety Correct Answer: 1. Awareness of the physiological sensations (e.g., palpitations and sweating) 2. Awareness of being nervous or frightenedAre women or men more likely to have anxiety? Correct Answer: Women (30.5% lifetime prevalence) are more likely to have an anxiety disorder than are men (19.2% lifetime prevalence)Screening or Assessment Tools for Anxiety Disorders Correct Answer: GAD-7 HAM-A DSM 5 Level 2 Cross-Cutting Symptom Measures DSM Severity MeasuresRole of autonomic nervous system in anxiety Correct Answer: Stimulation causes certain symptoms cardiovascular, muscular, gastrointestinal, and respiratory Exhibit increased sympathetic tone, adapt slowly to repeated stimuli, and respond excessively to moderate stimulineurotransmitters involved in anxiety Correct Answer: norepinephrineserotoninGABANorepinephrine (NE) role in anxiety disorders Correct Answer: Poorly regulated noradrenergic system with occasional bursts of activityserotonin role in anxiety disorders Correct Answer: Clinical studies have had mixed resultsHowever, serotonergic antidepressants have therapeutic effects in some anxiety disordersHow do benzodiazepines work in anxiety disorders? Correct Answer: enhancing the activity of GABA at the GABA type A receptorHypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) Axis role in anxiety disorders Correct Answer: Psychological stress increase the synthesis and release of cortisolExcessive and sustained cortisol secretion can have serious adverse effectsCorticotropin-releasing Hormone (CRH) role in anxiety disorders