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This diagnosis is characterized by the repeated urge to pull out scalp hair, eyelashes,
  eyebrows or other body hair. It is:

 
 

a) Tourettes disorder
  b) Transient tic disorder
  c) Tic disorder
  d) Trichotillomania

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List and briefly describe the 3 of the anxiety disorders.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Define a panic attack (specifier) and list 6 (of 13) symptoms.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Suggested response:
 Separation anxiety disorder  the essential feature is the individual's
excessive fear of anxiety about separation from home or attachment figures;
 Selective mutism  in social interactions, children with this disorder do not
initiate speak or reciprocally respond when there is the expectation when
spoken to by others but do speak in other situations;
 Specific phobia  the person's fear or anxiety is restricted to a particular
situation or object;
 Social anxiety disorder  also called social phobia involves overwhelming
worry and self-consciousness about everyday social situations; the worry
often revolves around a fear of being judged by others, or behaving in a way
that might cause embarrassment or ridicule;
 Panic disorder  a condition where the person has recurrent panic attacks
during which time 4 (or more) of a list of 13 physical and cognitive symptoms
occur  one can have more than one panic attack (recurrent) that is
unexpected or expected;
 Agoraphobia  seen as a marked, intense fear or anxiety triggered by the real
or anticipated exposure to a range of situations  i.e.: using public
transportation, being in enclosed or open spaces, being in a crowd, or being
outside of the home alone
 Generalized anxiety disorder - involves excessive, unrealistic worry and
tension, even if there is little or nothing pointing to provoke the anxiety;
 Substance/medication-induced anxiety disorder  panic attacks or anxiety
are prominent features due to the effects of a substance or medication;
 Anxiety disorder due to another medical condition  the anxiety disorder is
best explained as a physiological effect of another medical condition;
 Other specified anxiety disorder  used when the person does not meet full
criteria for any of the disorders
 Unspecified anxiety disorder  used when the person does not meet full
criteria and the practitioner chooses not to specify the reason criteria are not
met;
 Note that panic attack is a specifier

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Suggested response:
 Panic attacks are defined as sudden feelings of intense fear of discomfort that
reaches a peak within minutes and during which time 4 (or more) of 13
physical and cognitive symptoms occur;
 These episodes can happen at any time;
 Eleven symptoms are physical  i.e.: palpitations, sweating, shortness of
breath, feelings of choking, chest pain, nausea, dizziness, chills or heat
sensations, numbness, derealization of depersonalization;
 Two are cognitive  fear of losing control or going crazy, fear of dying;
 The fear and terror that a person experiences during a panic attack are not
in proportion to the true situation and may be unrelated to what is
happening around them.

Thank you for answering