Compare And Contrast Depression And Anxiety

“Anxiety is the signal of danger which mobilizes the human organism’s resources at all levels of functioning in the interests of conservation, defense, and self- preservation.” (Anxiety 1) If a person suffers from anxiety there is a major loss of control and then an attempt to regain that control because of a fear that they have. Anxiety disorders are one of the most frequently occurring mental disorders in the United States. However, anxiety disorders are not only found in the United States. They are found throughout the world. They just happen to be most predominating in the United States. In this paper, I will be discussing the generalized anxiety disorder and how if effects society today.

Anxiety disorders are the most common psychiatric disorder in the United States. Between 15 - 19% of the population suffers from this disorder, which impairs the quality of life and functioning (Stuart 218). What is anxiety? Abnormal Psychology describes anxiety as “an adaptive emotion that helps us plan and prepare for a possible theat.” The text book further states, “worrying about many different aspects of life becomes chronic, excessive, and unreasonable.” This is also known as generalized anxiety disorder or GAD (Butcher 201). DSM IV-TR specifies that GAD is a worry that occurs more days then not for at least 6 months, and that it must be experienced as difficult to control (Butcher 201). 25% of those that suffer from this

There are many similarities between mental disorders like anxiety and depression. Often times, many symptoms of one disorder stem off of having the other. For example, symptoms of anxiety can be brought on by depressive thoughts, such as thoughts about suicide, and visa versa. The differences, however, are far more prominent than the ways they are the same.

Everyday someone is fighting a battle with an anxiety disorder. Anxiety is considered a mental illness that causes distress, worry, and fear to an individual. Some types of anxiety include the following: panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, specific phobias, and a generalized anxiety disorder with unrealistic worry (WebMD, 2016). The cause for anxiety is currently unknown, but environmental stress and changes in the brain can be linked factors (WebMD, 2016). Anxiety disorders affect 40 million adults who are 18 and older, this is 18% of the population in the United States (ADAA, 2014). General Anxiety Disorder alone affects 3.1% of the United States population and it most often affects

Anxiety Disorders are characterized by many symptoms and often associated with depressive tendencies. Although the majority are produced in a person based off of their genetic material, other influences exist environmentally that can encourage or discourage the severity of the symptoms and prognosis it has on one’s overall well-being. Early diagnosis and a systematic combination of treatments can help reduce the tensions and encourage a more normal life than what was previously experienced by the person with the disorder.

Depression and anxiety are the two most common mental illnesses in the world today. They make a person view the world as an ugly, scary place. Many people develop one or the other, and some develop both. Depression and anxiety are two very different mental illnesses but many people only see the similarities between them, instead of seeing the difference in their symptoms and emotions.

Anxiety is a learned protective function that once it is out of control will cause the most damage. Group therapy sessions will help the patients face what scares them the most without trying to solve the

     Anxiety disorders are serious medical illnesses that affect approximately 19 million American adults. These disorders fill people's lives

Qualitative data means data that we collect through our six senses, and quantitative data is defined as data that we collect through numbers. Both qualitative data and quantitative data are essential when we practice an experiment. In the study of depression and anxiety both qualitative and quantitative play major roles. The qualitative data is used by researchers in the study of depression and anxiety via interviews, surveys, observations, focus group and analyses and case study. (Qualitative Methods). Through natural observation we can find a lot of answers to many unsolved question because the researcher can observe the patterns that the person does and connect the actions. For example, a depressed person who cannot rate their depression level can be naturally observed by a psychologist and the patterns of their actions and mood can estimate their level of depression. Moreover, qualitative data can also help figure out the case study of anxiety. People are very less focused on mental health illness because they are afraid of the stigma of being called crazy, psycho or mentally ill and they usually lie while filling out numbers of their mental health condition. However, when people don’t want to state that they are suffering from a mental illness, qualitative data can help psychologist or researchers figure out their mental health condition. For example, a psychologist or researcher can interview them and notice the symptoms of anxiety, depression, insomnia or any mentally

The great majority of depressed patients suffer from one or more other comorbid mental disorders (Melartin et al., 2002) and according to a recent worldwide survey the estimated rate of experiencing comorbid anxiety disorders among depressed patients ranges between about 29.9 and 54.0%. Both conditions (depression and anxiety) are highly prevalent in clinical practice and represent serious health and disability concerns and costs (e.g., Cavanaugh, Furlanetto, & Powell). Further, comorbid anxiety among depressed patients appears to be related to higher likelihood of seeking pharmacological treatment (Jacobi et al., 2004) and reduced likelihood of benefitting from it (Jacubovski and Bloch, 2014).

College represents a form of higher learning. For many, it is also a time for personal growth as we transition into adulthood. This in itself is a stressful situation as one must make drastic adjustments to a new role, environment, and demands. Stress is a major contributor to the development of mental and emotional issues (Rodgers, L., Tennison, L. 2009). Research has been done to determine the impact of depression and anxiety on university students. It has been

Anxiety is perhaps equally as common as depression. Many people dismiss it as just worrying about something. It is public generalization to think that anxiety is no more than just a normal response to stress that will end when the stressful situation is over. There is a piece missing from this idea that is present in an anxiety disorder. According to Mayo Clinic, anxiety is a mood disorder characterized by prolonged, excessive worry and panic that get in the way of a person living their everyday lives. This separates people who are reacting to a stressful day from people who have an anxiety disorder. (mayoclinic.org)

What is Anxiety? As defined by Understanding Psychology by Glencoe, Anxiety is a general state of dread or uneasiness that a person feels in response to a real or imagined danger. Anxiety affects 19 million Americans annually and anxiety disorder happens to be the most common mental illness in America. There are many different types of anxiety disorder such as: Panic Disorder, Obsessive – Compulsion Disorder, Phobias, and a few more. Although there is no cure for anxiety disorders, there are treatments to reduce symptoms.

The main nature of this article was to observe whether practising yoga can lead to in deduction of depression and anxiety among women. Based on the topic it is hypothesised that individuals who practices yoga has more likely to get relief from depression and anxiety disorder easily in comparison to individual who do not perform the yoga. In order to make the hypothesis more credible experiments were carried out as showed in the article. According to (Kirkwood, 2005), Yoga for depression is a good method to reduce depression in people. In the study they carried out one experiment among a specific number of women for certain

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, “18.1% of the United States adult population” has an anxiety disorder (Any Anxiety Disorder Among Adults). This percentage would equate to about 40 million adults in the United States, making anxiety the most common mental illness in our country (Facts and Statistics, 2016). Furthermore, “… only about 17% of United States adults are considered to be in a state of optimal mental health.” Approximately, 26% of adults are living with a mental health disorder in any year (Mental Health, 2014). Even with these high statistics, not all who have this condition seek treatment. In a twelve-month treatment period, only 33 to 35% of people are obtaining minimally adequate treatment for help with the disorder (Any Anxiety Disorder Among Adults). It is important that those who are experiencing this disorder are able to find the necessary treatment to alleviate anxiety issues. Similarly, Virginia shows high mental health disorder