Symptoms And Symptoms Of Anxiety Disorder

Anxiety disorders is the most common psychiatric disorder characterized by unrealistic, unfounded fear, and anxiety in which perhaps possible related to the thoughts and concerns about the current or future events. Long episodic attacks of acute anxiety can cause a panic attack and eventually lead to a panic disorder. This paper examines the panic disorder and its biological foundation that relates with the disorder and symptoms.

“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.

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

There are a few different types of anxiety. The six most common anxieties are generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), panic disorder (anxiety attacks), phobia, post-traumatic stress disorder, and social anxiety disorder. People with GAD are constantly worried with no idea why and could have physical symptoms like insomnia, stomach upset, restlessness, and fatigue. Someone with OCD might have unwanted thoughts or behaviors that seem impossible to stop and may suffer from uncontrollable compulsions, like washing hands over and over again. A person with panic disorder may suffer from panic attacks and may also have agoraphobia, which is a fear of being in places where escape or help would be difficult in the event of a panic attack. People with phobias have an unrealistic fear of an object, activity, or situation, and may try to avoid the fear which only makes the phobia worse. Someone with post-traumatic stress disorder can have flashbacks or nightmares about a something traumatic that happened in the past. A person with social anxiety may not want anyone to see them negatively or worry a lot about what people think about them, and may be seen as extremely shy. Someone with social anxiety might also have performance anxiety or stage

Generalized Anxiety Disorder first became an individual disorder in 1980. Woodman stated in her article, “The American Psychiatric Association separated anxiety neurosis into (1) panic disorder, characterized by spontaneous episodes of intense anxiety, and (2) Generalized Anxiety Disorder, a residual category for patients who have chronic, sustained anxiety without panic attacks” (Woodman, 1997). The separation of the two disorders was made at the time because of the responses people had with different medications. According to Woodman, Generalized Anxiety Disorder was finally given an independent status and a set of defined criteria of symptoms in DSM-11-R, with the main symptom of Generalized Anxiety Disorder being excessive worry. It is now known that it is differentiated by more than just different reactions to medicines, but with more systematical studies done, the symptom checklist has been edited to best discriminate between normal and pathological anxiety (Woodman, 1997).

o Symptoms cause signAcant distress as well as impairment in important domains of functioning {e.g., occupational, social, familial)

The sympathetic nervous system stimulates the body’s “fight-or-flight” response by releasing epinephrine and nor-epinephrine when a perceived threat or situation arises resulting in feeling anxious. When a body’s physiological response which is a normal phenomenon becomes exaggerated and is associated with a particular fear or situation, a person feels extremely threatened resulting in an anxiety disorder (McGrandles & McCaig, 2010). Further, anxiety becomes troublesome when a person’s day to day personal, social, and occupational function is altered (Edmunds & Mayhew, 2014). Anxiety disorder affects around 26 million people between the ages of 15 and 54 years in the United States alone and costs the health care system billions of dollars every year (McGrandles & McCaig, 2010). The purpose of this paper is to discuss the diagnosis of GAD, the pharmacotherapeutic treatment and goals, parameters for monitoring drug therapy success, adverse reactions of medication(s), patient education, health promotion, and a patient ‘s long term prognosis.

When it comes to generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) though they differ in each diagnosis, they also can share a unique bond with each other. Both diagnoses can co-occur among patients. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition (DSM-V), post-traumatic stress disorder is a mental health condition that 's triggered by exposure to one or more tragic/terrifying events. Symptoms may include flashbacks, nightmares and severe anxiety, as well as uncontrollable thoughts about the event (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). For generalized anxiety disorder, according to the DSM-V, “the essential feature of generalized anxiety disorder is excessive anxiety and worry (apprehensive expectation) about a number of events or activities. The intensity, duration, or frequency of the anxiety and worry is out of proportion to the actual likelihood or impact of the anticipated event” (American Psychiatric Association, 2013, p.1).

The basis and length of Ms. Hendricks symptoms of worry, and feeling overwhelmed is closely related to Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a highly prevalent disorder characterized by excessive worry or anxiety about everyday events, whether they are internal or external or originating in the past, present, and/or future (American Psychiatric Association, 2000). The symptoms of Generalized Anxiety Disorder result from increase, typical, inflexible interactions of cognitive, imaginal, and physiological responses that constantly perceived to be a threat (Barlow, 1988; Borkovec & Inz, 1990). The lifetime prevalence rate of Generalized Anxiety Disorder in the United States is estimated to be approximately 4–7% with current prevalence rates ranging from 1.5–3% (Blazer et al. 1991). These rates could be as high as 5–8%, if the International Classification of Diseases and Health Related Problems (ICD-10) are used as the basis for diagnosis (Ustun and Sartorius ,1995).

A 27-year-old electrician is describing symptoms that do not meet the full criteria for any of the disorders in the anxiety disorders diagnostic class of the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.; DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013). Therefore, a diagnosis of other specified anxiety disorder is appropriate. However, it should be noted that the symptoms described are highly characteristic of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and meet 5 out of the 6 criteria for GAD. More information or further development is needed to determine if the client has GAD.

Psychologists poorly understand the causes and long-term effects of anxiety disorders in adolescents. According to Woodward and Fergusson (2001) in their journal article “Life Course Outcomes of Young People With Anxiety Disorders in Adolescence”, anxiety disorders affect nearly 5.7% to 17.7% of adolescents across the range of anxiety disorders (Woodward and Ferguson, 2001). These disorders include generalized anxiety disorder, separation anxiety disorder, overanxious disorder, social phobia, agoraphobia, panic disorder and simple phobia (Woodward and Ferguson, 2001). In fact, according to Friedman (2014), a professor of clinical psychology at Weill Cornell Medical College, in his New York Times article “Why Teenagers Act Crazy”, up to 20% of adolescents in the United States demonstrate characteristics of a diagnosable anxiety disorder (Friedman, 2014). Many psychologists have questioned why anxiety disorders affect so many adolescents. In a study at Weill Cornell Medical College and Stanford University, researchers learned that adolescents tend to be more afraid and have difficulty controlling their fears. When researchers showed participants in the study fearful faces, adolescents had a more exaggerated response in the amygdala, the part of the brain that evaluates and responds to fear, than children and adults. So overall, adolescents already experience more increased fear, which induces more anxiety. Normally the prefrontal cortex can help

This paper is going to be about anxiety disorders. I am going to explain what anxiety is and the different types of anxiety disorders. The types of anxiety I am going to talk about are Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Post-Traumatic Stress, Panic Disorder and Social Phobia.

Numerous stresses in everyday life lead people to panic and have panic disorders, which absolutely need treatment. This disorder brings seriousness if left without any treatments. It may worsen to the time when the person might have to step into the attempts to try to avoid that. This attacks anytime with no reason, which means it begins suddenly. Panic disorder was newly founded as psychiatric condition that followed after anxiety disorders. 6 million adults in U.S.A suffers with panic disorder and all countries have at least 2 people out of 10 with panic disorders. Symptoms of panic disorder include difficulty breathing, chest pain, intense feeling of terror and dread, shortness of breath,feeling the sense of choking or smothering, dizziness, headache or feeling faint, trembling and shaking, sweating, nausea or stomachache, tingling or numbness in the fingers and toes, chills or hot flashes, and a fear of losing control. Most important key symptom of the panic disorder is the constant fright of having future panic attacks. The fearness comes from the disorder cause the patients to avoid places and situations where an attack has been happened or they think it may occur. The problem with this enormous amount of people with this disorder is that they do not know if their symptoms are real and not very highly responsive about treatment for themselves. This disorder often show the occurrences of other disorders.

Anxiety is a reaction to things that stress you. It is normal to have some anxiety at work, school, or home. It is when anxiety becomes a daily occurrence with no known cause that it is categorized as a disorder. Anxiety, panic, and depression often begin with normal stress that gets out of control.

There are many common types and conditions of anxiety disorders that can be diagnosed based on the symptoms present. The four most prevalent anxiety disorders among teenagers include social anxiety, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and post traumatic stress disorder; many other forms of anxiety exist such as phobias, and panic attacks (Foa and Andrews 3). In a teens life, having anxieties such as social and panic attacks can form habitual actions such as not going anywhere or doing specific things. Social anxiety particularly begins between late childhood and early teens (Foa and Andrews 14). With this anxiety, fear is provoked when thinking about or interacting in a social setting or situation.This discomfort can be specific or general to a certain idea or situation (Foa and Andrews 13). Most types of anxiety disorders can coordinate to another. Like social anxiety, generalized anxiety disorder can be directed principally a situations or nothing in particular (Foa and Andrews 14). It can be challenging for teens to explain the source of their anguish especially if they are not diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. Generalized anxiety disorder is the most commonly