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Housekeeping
No class next week
15 min today for group formation
Topics/groups due next class (sept
30; hard copy of group and topic
approval/discuss first is better)
Next class: Childhood-onset disorders
DSM-5 Criteria
DSM Changes
Prevalence
Risk factors
Natural course
Outcomes
Treatment available/gold-standard
Mental health service utilization
SOP (cont)
B. The individual fears that he or she will act in a
way or show anxiety symptoms that will be
negatively evaluated (i.e., will be humiliating or
embarrassing; will lead to rejection or offend
others).
C. The social situations almost always provoke
fear or anxiety.
Note: in children, anxiety or fear may be
expressed by crying, tantrums, freezing, clinging,
shrinking or failing to speak in social situations.
SOP (cont)
D. The social situations are avoided or endured
with intense fear or anxiety.
E. The fear or anxiety is out of proportion to the
actual threat posed by the social situation and to
the sociocultural context.
F. The fear, anxiety or avoidance is persistent,
typically lasting for 6 months or more.
G. The fear, anxiety or avoidance causes clinically
significant distress or impairment in social,
occupational or other important areas of
functioning.
SOP (cont)
H. The fear, anxiety or avoidance is not attributable to
the physiologic effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of
abuse, a medication) or another medical condition
J. The fear, anxiety or avoidance is not better
explained by symptoms of another mental disorder,
such as panic disorder, body dysmorphic disorder or
autism spectrum disorder
K. If another medical condition (e.g., Parkinsons
disease, obesity, disfigurement from burns or injury) is
present, the fear, anxiety or avoidance is clearly
unrelated or is excessive.
SPECIFY if PERFORMANCE ONLY (speaking/performing)
Prevalence
1.4-13.3%
NCS-R: 6.7% lifetime; 2.3% past 12month
Public speaking and test taking are
most common
Generalized and specific types
Onset rare after age 30
Risk factors
Natural course
Mean duration 16.3 years
Wax and wanes
Depression and other anxiety
disorders
Substance usespecific with
cigarettes/ND, but protective from
other types of substances
PC study said prob of recovery in 5
years is 40%
Predictors of persistence to
10 yrs
early onset
generalized subtype
number of anxiety cognitions
degree of avoidance and impairment,
as well as co-occurring panic)
parental SP and depression
behavioral inhibition, harm
avoidance
Predictors of
persistence/stability
Female
Early onset
Longer duration
Lifetime/prior hx of anxiety disorder
Current anxiety/depressive disorder
Lower GAF
lower role functioning
Generalized subtype
Treatment
CBT
Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
Medicationsantidepressants and
anti-anxiety
MH service use
18.48% of adolescents
23.7% of adults
It is a barrier in itself
Specific Phobia
DSM-5 Criteria
Changes in DSM
Prevalence
Risk factors
Natural course
Outcomes
Treatment available/gold-standard
Mental health service utilization
SIP Types
Animal
Natural Environment
Blood-Injection
Situational (e.g., elevators, airplanes,
enclosed places)
Other type (e.g., phobic avoidance of
situations that may lead to choking,
vomiting, or contracting an illness; in
children: avoidance of loud sounds or
costumed characters)
Prevalence
Risk factors
Female (except blood-injection)
Younger (decreases with age)
Phobia/anxiety disorders in family
Natural course
Very stable over time (10 years)
Most stable (41% continuity)
Outcomes
Frequently co-occur (multiple
phobias and specific fears)
Depression predicted by SIP
Substance use disorders
Other anxiety disorders
Treatment
Exposure therapies/CBT
Not good long term treatment
outcomes