Mental illnesses such as depression‚ anxiety‚ and bipolar disorder are not diseases they are disorders. Although there are many different types of mental illnesses three of the ones most people hear about are depression‚ anxiety‚ and bipolar disorder. Some people will say a lot of these disorders are in people’s head but they are very serious disorders. A mental illness can affect a person’s way of thinking and/ or living‚ normally it is a negative effect but there might be a positive effect depending
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The Case Study of Mary The case study reflects a woman named Mary‚ who has been diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). Mary looks at everything in life as a stressor and a worry‚ from schoolwork to family dinners (Laureate Education‚ 2012). After conversing with Mary‚ it is evident she has low self-esteem and very critical of herself. She believes others scrutinize everything about her and are just as critical as she is of herself (Laureate Education‚ 2012). This paper will discuss
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Anxiety Disorders Anxiety disorders are common place these days‚ with as many as 17% of people will/have suffer/ed some form of anxiety in their lives (Somers‚ Goldner‚ Waraich‚ & Hsu‚ 2006)‚ from being concerned about most anything‚ to full blown attacks with physical symptoms. Anxiety disorders seem to be a result of a combination of biological‚ psychological and other individual factors (CAMH‚ 2014). If one feels nervous or fearful about a situation‚ this is normal‚ but if the feelings are
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Research Paper: Anxiety Disorders Stephanie Hathaway Liberty University Abstract 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
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Alprazolam (or Xanax) is a common drug prescribed to treat anxiety disorders. Anxiety is the human body’s reaction to stressful‚ threatening‚ or uncommon situations. Some individuals report feeling fear‚ agitation‚ uneasiness‚ and distress (Lee). Approximately 18% of the United States population suffers from this disorder (NIMH). The physiological processes behind anxiety must be noted to understand how Xanax treats this disorder. Anxiety will constantly cause the human body to enter a sympathetic
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abnormal psychology there are numerous paradigms explaining what generates‚ maintains and relieves psychological disorders. Each paradigm guides the choice of assessments and interventions. In this essay generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) will be examined through the lens of two paradigms; cognitive and behavioural. Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is a chronic long-term disorder that causes the individual to suffer symptoms that make functioning in daily life hard‚ by interfering with social
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older‚ anxiety can happen from one person to another but it will never go away. “Anxiety” is a term used very loosely. It’s not often that people acknowledge just how debilitating it is. Everyone worries every now and then‚ depending on what’s going on in your life‚ it is normal to feel stressed out once in a while. People with generalized anxiety disorder experience the feeling of stress to the extreme. “Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). GAD is the most commonly diagnosed anxiety disorder and occurs
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generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Those were the psychotherapy and medication. In psychotherapy‚ there are several methods of treating the patience with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Among those methods are: Psychological counseling : • For the counseling session‚ the counselors will advise the patient to learn from the basic method of treating generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) which is learning how to keep calm quickly. This is because most of the people with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
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Disorders Panic Disorder Obsessive compulsive disorder Post-traumatic stress disorder Social phobia (social anxiety disorder) Specific phobias Generalized anxiety disorder Symptoms -During attacks of terror‚ flush or chill feeling‚ numb/tingly hands -Nausea‚ chest pain‚ smothering sensations -Sense of unreality‚ fear of impending doom‚ fear of losing control -Fear of one’s own unexplained physical symptoms -Persistent‚ upsetting thoughts (obsessions) -Using common rituals (compulsions)
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description for each of the following conditions (use the back of the page if necessary): a. Anxiety Disorders- This condition is when the person would worry more than the average person. b. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder- This condition is when the person will do several actions repeatedly caused by unreasonable thoughts and fears. c. ADHD- This condition is a mental disorder that cause problems such as; hyperactivity‚impulsive
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