Treatments for Anxiety Disorders OCD SSRI zoloft more useful medication not recommended but antidepressants Fluxotine antianxiety Alprozalam or imipramine PTSD benzodiazepines work to treat hyper arousal and anxiety while SSRIs help denial and avoidance symptoms Combination Therapy medication other interventions 1 Behavior Therapy identify behaviors what environments elicit hair pulling develop strategies to provide sensory input create reward system rub stone 1 CBT helps child become aware of habit antidepressants SSRI Trichotillomania hair pulling Treatment instead hand stimulation Excoriation skin picking Treatment Autism Spectrum Disorder ASD encompasses 1 Autistic Disorder 2 Asperger s Disorder 3 Childhood Disintegrative Disorder 4 Rett s Disorder 5 Pervasive Developmental Disordere Characterized by 2 core domains 1 deficits in social communications and social interaction 2 restrictive repetitive patterns of behavior interests and activities Autism is conceptualized as more severe than Asperger s DSMIV Triad 1 social 2 language 3 behavior impairments
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