Deck 5: Generalized Anxiety Disorder GAD

Question 1

According to Wolfe (2008), what is the most common source for patients with anxiety disorders?

A) circuit anxiety
B) terror anxiety
C) death anxiety
D) none of the above

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which type of anxiety's fear stimuli are the least constricted?

A) generalized anxiety disorder
B) specific phobia
C) social anxiety
D) none of the above

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which anxiety disorder is associated with the highest level of neuroticism?

A) PTSD
B) ASAD
C) SAD
D) GAD

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following can explain the excessive worry about future outcomes manifested by individuals with GAD?

A) the emotion dysregulation approach of Mennin (2004)
B) the metacognitive perspective of Wells (1999)
C) the cognitive avoidance theoretical orientation of Borkovec, Alcaine, and Behar (2004)
D) all of the above

Question 5

According to Marquis (2018), when the object or situation that is feared can be easily identified (e.g., specific phobia), which methods seem to be more effective?

A) CBT
B) Psychodynamic
C) Existential
D) none of the above

Question 6

The metacognitive framework of generalized anxiety disorder explains

A) that patients with GAD do not worry (Haseth et al., 2019; Wells, 1995)
B) that patients with GAD cope with perceived harm by worrying (Haseth et al., 2019; Wells, 1995)
C) that patients with GAD perceive the world as an adventurous opportunity, a world without any concrns (Haseth et al., 2019; Wells, 1995)
D) none of the above

Question 7

Which of these statements is true?

A) The excessive worrying of individuals with generalized anxiety disorder may be viewed as a defense mechanism that serves to ward off a deeper threat such as trauma (Borkovec, 1994; Leichsenring and Salzer, 2014).
B) Children with an attachment pattern that is not secure will not worry that others will not take care of them (Ray, 2018).
C) Whereas a sociocultural perspective of the etiology of anxiety disorders posits that individuals with GAD have not received positive regard that is unconditional from caregivers which leads to them to be highly critical of themselves, a humanistic approach (e.g., Rogers, 1951) asserts that societal threats, linguistic perfection, and cultural stresses may give rise to an environment in which individuals are prone to develop generalized anxiety disorder (Comer, 2015).
D) all of the above

Question 8

What have been the rates of recovery from GAD when using CBT?

A) approximately 1%
B) approximately 50%
C) approximately 95%
D) none of the above

Question 9

According to Marquis (2018), when it is more difficult to identify the feared object or situation (e.g., generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder), it is preferable to use

A) CBT
B) medication
C) exploratory methods as in psychodynamic therapy in order to uncover an individual's conflicts, defenses, and sources of anxiety
D) none of the above

Question 10

According to Comaty & Advokat (2013), approximately how many years do clients with GAD experience symptoms prior to seeking therapy?

A) 1
B) 10
C) 2
D) 40

Question 11

What is the least effectively treated anxiety disorder?

A) SAD
B) SP
C) GAD
D) none of the above

Question 12

Which of the following statements is true?

A) Motivational interviewing (MI) does not have a portion that is directive (Westra & Dozois, 2016).
B) It has been shown that patients treated with MI-CBT were found to have more interpersonal difficulties than patients treated with only CBT (Constantino, Westra, Antony, & Coyne, 2016)
C) It is suggested that the effect size for the integrated treatment, IEP, for GAD is greater than the average effect size for a monotherapy such as CBT (Bolognesi et al., 2014; Borkovec & Ruscio, 2001; Newman, Castonguay, Borkovec, Fisher, & Nordberg, 2008).
D) none of the above

Question 13

According to Bolognesi and colleauges (2014), which integrated treatment approach includes components of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT; Hayes, Strosahl, & Wilson, 1999) and mindfulness CBT (Segal, Williams, & Teasdale, 2002)?

A) motivational interviewing (MI)
B) acceptance-based behavior therapy
C) existential interpersonal therapy
D) none of the above

Question 14

Which integrated treatment in the chapter integrated the gestalt therapy of Fritz Perls (1969) and the client-centered therapy of Carl Rogers (1951), both of which derive from a humanistic-existential approach?

A) cognitive-behavioral therapy with motivational interviewing (MI)
B) acceptance-based behavior therapy
C) emotion-focused therapy
D) none of the above

Question 15

In the chapter, when compared with single-disorder protocols (SDPs) for (GAD), which unified treatment's dropout rate for generalized anxiety disorder was found to be lower than the dropout rate for the SDPs?

A) transdiagnostic unified protocol (UP) (Barlow et al., 2017; Kennedy and Barlow, 2018)
B) Wolfe's (2005, 2006) integrated etiological theory
C) Rogers (1951) core condition approach
D) none of the above