Anxiety Disorders — Advanced Clinical Psychiatry

Psychiatry · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

Anxiety is an adaptive emotional response characterized by the anticipation of a future threat, accompanied by autonomic activation, hypervigilance, and avoidance or escape behaviors. It is distinguished from fear (response to an imminent, real and present threat) by its prospective temporal orientation and by the frequent disproportion between the response and the triggering stimulus. When this answer is...

What it covers

1. Introduction, Epidemiology and Classification
2. · DSM-5-TR Anxiety Spectrum Classification
3. · Diathesis-Stress Model and Risk Factors
4. Neurobiology of Anxiety
5. · The Amygdala-Prefrontal Cortex-Hippocampus Circuit
6. · The Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis (HPA)
7. · Neurotransmission Systems Involved
8. · Neuroimaging and Structural/Functional Findings
9. Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
10. Panic Disorder
11. · Specific Pathophysiology
12. · Clinical Course
13. Agoraphobia
14. Specific Phobia
15. · Clinical Subtypes
16. Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia)
17. · Cognitive Model of the TAS (Clark and Wells)
18. Separation Anxiety and Selective Mutism
19. · Separation Anxiety Disorder
20. · Selective Mutism
21. Substance/Medication Induced Anxiety Disorder and Other Medical Condition
22. · Medical Conditions that Simulate or Produce Anxiety
23. · Substances and Induction/Withdrawal
24. Psychiatric Differential Diagnosis
25. Scales and Evaluation Instruments
26. SSRIs and SNRIs — First-Line Pharmacological Treatment
27. · Management Considerations
28. Benzodiazepines
29. · Appropriate Indications according to Current Guidelines
30. Other Pharmacological Agents
31. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Exposure Techniques
32. · Central Components of CBT for Anxiety
33. · Other Interventions with Evidence
34. Special Populations and Comorbidity
35. · Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
36. · Older Adults
37. · Children and Adolescents
38. · Comorbidity with Substance Use Disorder
39. · Cardiovascular comorbidity
40. Management of Acute Panic Crisis and Therapeutic Algorithm
41. · Acute Management of Panic Attacks in the Emergency Room
42. · General Therapeutic Algorithm for Anxiety Disorders