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Anxiety Disorders Quiz


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In the treatment of panic disorder, when is it seen as helpful to use a safety seeking behaviour?

A. If the patient is agoraphobic

B. If the patient has no support systems

C. When we don’t want to tell them they can’t use them anymore

D. Because we are sponsored by rescue rememdy


Which of these is a maintenance process in social phobia

A. catastrophic misinterpretation of physical symptoms

B. Sins of Commission

C. Post event processing

D. poor problem orientation


Superstitious ideas about lucky/unlucky numbers, certain colors

A. Obsession

B. Compulsion


What does PTSD stand for?

A. Pizza, tacos, sandwiches, Doritos

B. Post traumatic stress disorder

C. Problematic thinking stress disease


Telling, asking, or confessing to get reassurance

A. Obsession

B. Compulsion


Dave is worried about vomiting in public. He doesn’t mind being sick but it’s more about what others would think about him. Does Dave have….

A. Emetophobia

B. Social Phobia

C. A bit of both

D. Neither


Your patient tells you that other people think they’re weird and they think they are boring and they have a twitchy eye and a red face when they talk to them. Do they have…

A. Low self-esteem

B. Social anxiety disorder


Which of these is NOT a core symptom of PTSD

A. Re-experiencing

B. Hyperarousal

C. Panic attacks

D. Negative thoughts and low mood


OCD is an anxiety disorder: True or False

A. True – OCD has anxiety at its core

B. True: OCD is strongly related to trauma

C. False: OCD is an stand alone diagnostic category

D. False: OCD is a habit disorder


The main symptoms of OCD are…

A. Obsessive thoughts and compulsions designed to disipate feelings

B. Obsessive thoughts of cleaning and pouring bleach everywhere

C. A preoccupation with a certain concern and the acts taken to address it

D. Obsessive relationships and compulsive acts towards others


Brian is always worried about making a fool of himself because he always seems to have bad luck.  He gets intensely anxious about situations where he might say something wrong or be scrutinized, like giving a presentation at work.  What is he probably suffering from?

A. Social Phobia

B. Generalized Anxiety Disorder

C. A Specific Phobia

D. Obsessive-compulsive Disorder


Peter is deathly afraid of spiders.  Whenever he sees one, he screams and runs out of the room and will not return until he sees evidence that it has been killed.  What is he probably suffering from?

A. Social Phobia

B. Generalized Anxiety Disorder

C. A Specific Phobia

D. Obsessive-compulsive Disorder


Years after he barely survived a terrorist attack that killed his wife and two children, Mr. Puskari suffers recurring flashbacks and frequent nightmares of the event that render him incapable of holding a steady job. Mr. Puskari is most clearly showing signs of: 

A.  obsessive-compulsive disorder.

B.  generalized anxiety disorder.

C.  post-traumatic stress disorder.

D. dysthymic disorder.


An extreme fear of being in an open, public place is called what?

A. Acrophobia

B. Claustrophobia

C. Monophobia

D. Agoraphobia


Which component is the obsessional part of OCD

A. Cognitive component

B. Behavioural component

C. Emotional Component


What do we call non-specific anxiety disorder?

A. phobia

B. GAD

C. panic attacks


Which of these is NOT a positive belief about worry

A. Worry helps me know the future

B. Worry means I care

C. Worry makes me feel in control

D. Worry means I can cope


What do we call non-specific anxiety disorder?

A. phobia

B. GAD

C. panic attacks


Which anxiety disorder is defined as repeated and unexpected panic attacks, as well as a fear of the next attack, and a change in behavior to avoid panic attacks.

A. generalized anxiety disorder

B. phobias

C. panic disorder

D. obsessive compulsive disorder


Arachibutyrophobia is a fear of….

A. spiders

B. clowns

C. peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth

D. bananas


Your patient is health anxious but still undergoing investigations do you….

A. Continue therapy but hold in mind the impact of results

B. Agree that actually these symptoms sound really dangerous and you should get checked out

C. Suspend therapy until investigations are over

D. Add this as a behaviour to the formulation


Edward really hates germs.  He always seems worried about whether his hands are clean.  He takes it to the extreme, going through the process of adding soap seven times when he washes his hands.  What is he probably suffering from?

A. Social Phobia

B. Generalized Anxiety Disorder

C. A Specific Phobia

D. Obsessive-compulsive Disorder


Fear of being responsible for something terrible happening

A. Obsession

B. Compulsion


Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is a fear of……

A. Hippos

B. Monsters

C. the Hungry Hippos board game

D. long words


Checking for unwanted hairs growing on your body

A. Obsession

B. Compulsion




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