Case Study Anxiety

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Case Study: Anxiety Answer Sheet Diagnosing Tina Student Name: Diagnosing Generalized Anxiety Disorder: 1a. Refer to the DSM-IV checklist for generalized anxiety disorder. Which of Tina's symptoms meet any of the criteria? (Be sure to match specific symptoms with specific criteria.) |Tina’s symptoms match all four of the criteria in the DSM-IV checklist for generalized anxiety disorder. Tina worries constantly | |something is going to happen to her twins which is in correlation with the first criteria listed. The second criteria of having | |difficulty controlling the worry is exhibited in Tina’s own admission that she worries sll the time and this causes her to smoke, eat | |and drink excessively to deal with the worry. She exhibits all the symptoms in criteria number three. She is easily irritated by her | |girls, rarely sleeps and feels tired all of the time. Although a friend has suggested she get a massage to relieve muscle tension, she | |drinks at night in order to relax. Her fear of bridges and the fact she will not leave her house shows there is impairment and meets | |criteria four in the DSM-IV checklist. | 1b. Based upon your review of Tina's symptoms and the diagnostic criteria, could Tina be diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder or not (and if not, why not)? |Tina could be diagnosed with genaeralized anxiety disorder because her symptoms are in correlation with the DSM-IV critera. | Diagnosing Specific Phobia: 2a. Refer to the DSM-IV checklist for specific phobia. Which of Tina’s symptoms meet any of the criteria? (Be sure to match specific symptoms with specific criteria.) |Her persisitent fear of bridges, the avoidance of driving because of this fear, the immediate anxiety she
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