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ANXIETY DISORDERS PANIC DISORDER AND
AGORAPHOBIA
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ANXIETY DISORDERS - PANIC DISORDER AND AGORAPHOBIA
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1. In general, a panic disorder is diagnosed when a person has experienced at least two
unexpected panic attacks and develops:
a. agoraphobia
b. the beginnings of a heart condition
c. persistent concern or worry about having further attacks
2. Panic attacks typically develop:
a. in those with previous psychiatric diagnoses
b. in adolescence or early adulthood
c. because one has developed a specific phobia
3. Roughly half of all people who have panic disorder develop the condition before the age of :
a. 14
b. 18
c. 24
4. People with panic disorder are often seen in emergency rooms because the symptoms most
often resemble those of a(n)
a. appendicitis
b. heart attack
c. epileptic seizure
5. The following is not one of the three types of panic attacks:
a. acute
b. unexpected
c. situational
d. situationally predisposed
6. The term “agoraphobia” comes from a Greek word meaning:
a. fear of travel
b. fear of open spaces
c. fear of the marketplace
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7. Panic Disorder is:
a. twice as common in men
b. twice as common in women
c. a condition that occurs equally in men and women
8. Through exposure therapy people are :
a. gradually exposed to the fearful situation until they become desensitized to it.
b. asked to focus primarily on their thought processes.
c. given increased levels of light exposure over a period of several weeks
9. The following is not one of the symptoms that defines a panic attack:
a. increased heart rate
b. chest pain
c. amnesia
d. feeling dizzy
10. A panic disorder is distinguished from other forms of anxiety by its:
a. responsiveness to medication
b. intensity and sudden, episodic nature
c. co-occurrence with substance abuse
11. Typically, an early age of onset of panic disorder carries greater risks that it will:
a. develop into a personality disorder
b. become chronic and cause more impairment
c. evolve into bipolar disorder
12. People with panic disorder:
a. can usually predict when and where their panic attacks will occur, which increases the
panic.
b. can’t predict when or where their panic attacks will occur
c. seem to know when their panic attacks will occur, but not where.
13. Panic disorder:
a. is one of the most treatable of the anxiety disorders
b. is one of the least treatable of the anxiety disorder
c. invariably leads to agoraphobia if not treated with medications
14. The behavior portion of cognitive-behavioral therapy for panic disorder may involve:
a. analyzing one’s thought process
b. psychodynamic approaches
c. systematic training in relaxation techniques
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15. Agoraphobia is found to be twice as common among women, but some of this gender
difference may be attributable to:
a. the fact that most research has been conducted by male researchers.
b. social-cultural factors that encourage or permit the greater expression of avoidant
coping strategies by women.
c. women come to therapy more often than men
16. In most anxiety disorder clinics, the majority of people presenting for treatment of
agoraphobia also have:
a. a history of bipolar disorder
b. panic disorder
c. siblings with the same disorder
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Answer Key:
1. C
2. B
3. C
4. B
5. A
6. C
7. B
8. A
9. C
10. B
11. B
12. B
13. A
14. C
15. B
16. B