Anxiety Disorder Causes

This research paper is designed to review articles and books of professional journals in anxiety disorders, definition of anxiety disorder, review of current and past treatments of anxiety disorders, the new section and changes to anxiety disorder in the DSM-5, new treatments for anxiety disorders and medications for anxiety disorders. This paper will show spiritual considerations for treating anxiety disorders and how

One who encounters phobias has to deal with a collection of uncontrollable symptoms when their

Persistent concern about having additional attacksb. Worry about the implications of the attack or its consequences(e.g., losing control, having a heart attack, “going crazy”)c. A significant change in behavior related to the attacksB. The presence (or absence) of Agoraphobia.C. The Panic Attacks are not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, a medication) or a general medical condition (e.g., hyperthyroidism).D. The Panic Attacks are not better accounted for by another mental disorder, such as Social Phobia (e.g., occurring on exposure to feared social situations), Specific Phobia (e.g., on exposure to a specific phobic situation), Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (e.g., on exposure to dirt in someone with an obsession about contamination), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (e.g., in response to stimuli associated with a severe stressor), or Separation Anxiety Disorder (e.g., in response to being away from home or close relatives).(APA, 2000)

Adolescence is a difficult time period in a young person’s transition into their later stage of both physical and mental development. Mood disorders are often overlooked during this time for the brain becoming more developed; however among children, anxiety disorders seem to be the most common disorders to be experienced (Nelson; Israel, pg 112). Barlow (2002) defines anxiety as a future-oriented emotion that is characterized by the inability to be in control and predict future events that can be potentially dangerous to the individual. Anxiety shares commonalities with fear, but the difference between the two being that fear is the initial response made from a present threat, where anxiety is due to a unknown future event. A common

Introduction: Almost everyone has an irrational fear or two—of mice, for example, or your annual dental checkup. For most people, these fears are minor. But when fears become so severe that they cause tremendous anxiety and interfere with your normal life, they’re called phobias. A phobia is an intense fear of something that, in reality, poses little or no actual danger. Common phobias and fears include closed-in places, heights, highway driving, flying insects, snakes, and needles. However, we can develop phobias of virtually anything. Most phobias develop in childhood, but they can also develop in adults. If you

“A phobia is essentially a human being's irrational fear of something. It could be an object, an animal, a situation or an environment. These fears are persistent, intense, excessive and unrealistic, which is primarily why phobias are deemed irrational. A clinically phobic person's reaction to what scares him/her may seem extreme and the fright may not appear to be justified.” (Grenier et al., 2011) A specific phobia is known by a deep and persistent fear of an object or situation which becomes anxiety. The anticipations of the stimulus may make the symptoms arise. Many individuals who suffer with this disease will avoid the stimuli. They will take extra steps and precaution to have no contact. The main characteristics that the DSM-5 describes for this disorder includes “the individual suffering from a persistent fear that is either unreasonable or excessive, caused by the presence or anticipation of a specific object or situation, exposure to the stimulus usually results in an anxiety response, the sufferer recognizes that their fear is disproportionate to the perceived threat or danger, individuals take steps to avoid the object or situation they fear, and the phobic reaction, anticipation or avoidance interferes with the individual’s normal routine and relationships, or causes significant distress. At last, the phobia that the person has to be constant for a period of six months or longer.” (American Psychiatric Association,

Anxiety can be a negative thing but there are many interesting facts about this disorder. Anxiety disorders are the most common of all the mental health illnesses. Women are more commonly oppressed than men. Although anxiety disorder is highly treatable, only a few of those choose to seek treatment. This is most common due to fear and shame. The people who deals with anxiety feel as if others think they are crazy or mentally ill. The person

The majority of Americans suffer from anxiety disorders that could occur at birth or may develop over time due to environmental factors. Anxiety disorders are a group of mental conditions that require licensed healthcare practitioners to recognize and treat properly. Healthcare providers and nurses must be well trained on recognizing the signs and symptoms of anxiety disorders in a wide variety of patients.

However, for some, fear is not just a response to stimuli, but an attack on their mental and physical state, leaving them short of breath and shaking. This is what is known as panic disorder, and it happens quite often to those suffering with the disorder. The classification for panic is an onset of “sudden periods of intense fear”, followed by psychical reactions, which include “palpitations, sweating, trembling, and a feeling of impending doom” (“Anxiety Disorders”, 2013). Unlike social anxiety and generalized anxiety, panic disorder is highly upsetting, and can have lasting effects on the sufferer, leaving them socially and emotionally crippled, unable to function without the immediate thought about something being a fear response. Typically an individual can receive treatment for their panic, and according to ADAA (2016), panic is highly responsive to treatment, and after a few sessions of psychotherapy, an individual will be able to properly deal with their panic without letting it consume their

Normal anxiety can almost be viewed as a warning signal. Once the signal is activated, the person is able to deal with whatever may be threatening or harming them. In order to note whether or not the anxiety is ‘normal’ or diagnosable, a social worker should like at the physical resources of the clients, cognitive response and distortions, and their coping strategies. If any of the client’s responses to these questions seem to be exaggerated, it is likely that it is diagnosable anxiety. In addition, those who have anxiety and seem like they have no control over their life will also be likely to have diagnosable anxiety. A lot of anxiety is personal. Having fear of certain things is probably not something that is decided as a collective

In the United States, 85% of all adults and teenagers, more females than males, have been depressed at one point in their life. (Davey) Although the term is used loosely because people tend to incorrectly self-diagnose their “sadness” as depression, it is actually defined as “a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how one feels and the way he or she thinks and acts.” (Parekh). In most cases, depression is accompanied with a type of anxiety disorder such as as generalized anxiety disorder and social anxiety (Facts). The cause of them occurring at the same time is unknown, but scientists believe that it is caused by a malfunction of brain chemistry. Generalized anxiety, the leading mental illness that affects over 40 million

The symptoms of a panic attack are usually so intense they are often described by sufferers as the worst experience of their lives. After having a panic attack, the individual may continue to experience extreme anxiety for several hours. More often than not, the panic episode causes continuous worry about having another attack. It is not unusual to be become so consumed with worry and fear that behavioral changes occur with the hope of avoiding another attack. This may lead to the development of agoraphobia, which complicates recovery and limits one’s ability to function in usual daily activities.

Everyone experience fear occasionally in their life, but there are some who experience fears that are so intense that their daily lives are disturbed. An extreme fear towards a specific object or situation that is relentless and illogical to the point that a person avoids confronting the situation or object at all cost is known as a phobia. This anxiety disorder can interfere with the a person’s body and mind causing severe symptoms and disturbances to one’s everyday life, eventually leading to long hours of treatment with professional helpers. Many theories have been proposed to explain how phobias have developed, but the real challenge is to propose a

The world around us tries to paint us like we are crazy—are we? The experiences that we had to face, the horrible things we had to do, they may have followed us home, but does not define who we are. Maybe something is off? There used to be this feeling of anxiety, this anger that seemed to have a mind of its own. As we reintegrate back to society, do people notice that we are not the same person anymore, what a burden it must be on everyone we know? We say and do things we cannot take back, then as fast as the situation escalated we snap back to reality, and then the on-set of guilt and sorrow take control of us. As the years pass by, and the memories fade away, the anger that once controlled me has subsided, but what has happened to me? The

Figuring out that I had anxiety took a while, I always felt like I was anxious a lot more than everyone else and beyond stressed at a young age. It just did not click in my head that there might be something wrong. I was living my life in a low state, depressed and having multiple panic attacks through the day at any giving time and there was no obvious thing that trigger them. I was miserable to the point I did not want to get out of bed, I was too afraid. This caused me to become super depressed, to the point of cutting and thinking of my options to end this cruel disorder that was taking over my life.