Anxiety Disorders ____________________________________________________________________________
80. Children with separation anxiety disorder are more likely to develop which of the following in adulthood? A) Depression B) Panic disorder
86. A core fear in patients with SAD is A) a specific object or situation.
B) selective attention to positive evaluation. C) revealing self-flaws and especially appearing socially incompetent. D) fear of social limitations causes avoidance of replaying social interactions. 87. Which of the following is NOT a common feature of adult SEPAD? A) Persistent and excessive fear of being in large crowds B) Excessive worries about potential harms to attachment figures C) Excessive distress when experiencing or anticipating separation from home D) Persistent and excessive worries about untoward events that might result in separation 88. All of the following statements regarding anxiety disorder recognition and diagnosis in primary care settings are true, EXCEPT: A) In many patients with anxiety problems, anxiety is not the presenting complaint. B) Rates of missed diagnoses and misdiagnosis of GAD and panic disorder are high. C) Primary care providers with greater sensitivity to nonverbal communications are less likely to detect and diagnose anxiety. D) Time constraints imposed on primary care clinicians in the current managed care environment contribute to under-recognition. 89. Which of the following statements regarding the GAD-7 scale is TRUE? A) It is a validated screening tool for identifying patients with anxiety disorder. B) At a maximum score of 21, the cut-off point for diagnostic purposes is 10. C) The degree of distress and disability varies directly with the height of the score. D) All the above
C) Alcohol use disorder D) Substance use disorder
81. In several anxiety disorders, an underlying pathophysiology is thought to involve
A) disinhibited cerebellar function. B) disrupted basal ganglia function. C) impaired prefrontal function and hyper-responsive amygdala. D) impaired amygdala and hyper-responsive prefrontal function.
82. Patients with panic disorder/agoraphobia
A) show impaired sensitivity to light or brightness stimuli. B) display greater balance control reliance on vestibular cues. C) experience greater balance system reactivity to central visual stimulation. D) have shown subclinical balance system abnormalities that seem to influence agoraphobia severity and contribute to dizziness and disorientation symptoms. 83. Hyperactivity in all of the following brain regions is believed to be the underlying pathophysiology of specific phobia, EXCEPT: A) Insula B) Amygdala C) Nucleus accumbens D) Anterior cingulate cortex
84. The DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for which anxiety disorder remains unchanged from previous editions?
A) SAD B) GAD
C) Agoraphobia D) Panic disorder
85. Fear of one’s panic attacks, and avoidance of places or situations they may occur, best describes A) PTSD. B) SEPAD. C) agoraphobia. D) specific phobia.
90. Avoidant personality disorder should be ruled out in the differential diagnosis of
A) SAD. B) GAD. C) SEPAD. D) Agoraphobia.
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