�PAGE � �PAGE �1� Social Anxiety Disorder RUNNING HEAD: SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER RESEARCH PROPOSAL Social Anxiety Disorder Research Proposal May 16‚ 2011 � ABSTRACT Social anxiety disorder is an illness in which those affected are excessively self-conscious and overwhelmingly anxious in everyday social situations. According to American Psychiatric Association (2000‚ p. 456)‚ the diagnostic criteria for social anxiety disorder is defined as a "marked and persistent fear of one or more social
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Introduction When summertime comes around‚ bug spray is a necessity. Bug spray is especially important to ward off the blood sucking parasites called mosquitos. A mosquito bite does not hurt‚ but it cause an itchy sensation on the skin. However‚ in third world countries‚ like Africa‚ a mosquito bite could lead to a deadly disease. Malaria is a disease spread by mosquitos. An individual will start to experience high fevers and chills. If left untreated‚ the individual could die (Heyneman‚ 2014). Antimalarial
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A story written by and about a teen named Rachel‚ describes her experiences finding out that she has general anxiety disorder and how she overcame it today. In her story‚ she includes that she was struggling with a relationship‚ school‚ fall play‚ musical‚ and soccer all at once and it was stressful for her. Rachel was a junior high school‚ at the time of her story‚ being involved in school and taking challenging courses to help her to become successful in the future. Her first sign that she knew
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Christopher Uebler Ms. August Social Networking 23 September 24‚ 2013 SMAD: Social Media Anxiety Disorder SMAD‚ also known as “Social Media Anxiety Disorder‚” is where people are so addicted to their media lives that they always have to have their smartphone on them. Honestly I’m not surprised about the high amount of people with SMAD because in today’s society we are based on the Internet. If someone doesn’t text me back within an hour then I usually take it in a negative way. If I am
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Instructions: Read the following case study about a woman‚ Allison‚ who is suffering from anxiety. After you have read the case study‚ diagnose Allison and present some methods of treatment by answering the questions. Presenting Complaint Allison‚ a 33-year-old white woman‚ knew that it was finally time for her to seek psychological services. She had always been an anxious person and‚ for years‚ had managed to keep it under control. But‚ this time she felt as though she was fighting a losing
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Informative Speech Social Anxiety General Purpose: To inform my audience of the symptoms of Social Anxiety‚ its causes and treatment. Specific Purpose: To help my audience understand symptoms of Social Anxiety so they can recognize if they suffer from it and to inform them of the treatments out there Introduction: Attention Getter: If you have or had Social Anxiety you’re not alone. Social anxiety disorder is the second most common type of anxiety disorder. According to ADAA (Anxiety and Depression Association
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treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder The World Health Organization (2007) reported 14% of all people aged 16 to 85 years experienced a form of anxiety disorder. In Australia alone‚ 2.3 million Australian was diagnosed with 12-month anxiety disorder and the annual cost of anxiety disorders and other mental illness was estimated at 20 billion dollars (Australian Bureau of Statistics‚ 2008). Given its prevalence‚ development for an effective psychotherapy treatment for anxiety disorder is imperative. Interpersonal
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country and play basketball‚ a kid yelled across the gym “Why ask you’re too fat to play sports” and the whole gym burst into laughter‚ I was humiliated. Embarrassed beyond belief‚ tormented by others‚ and battling my own demons from generalized anxiety disorder‚ my problems were epitomized. It was at that point when I decided that I would not let anyone break my spirit‚ and I was determined to run both cross country and play basketball. After I ran my first cross country race‚ I was exhausted
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) General Purpose: TO INFORM Specific Purpose: To inform audiences about what Generalized Anxiety Disorder is. OUTLINE I. Introduction Do you live with constant worry about future‚ or always feel anxious without reasons? Everybody feel anxious but not always. If your worries and fears are persistent and interfere with your daily life‚ you may have generalized anxiety disorder. A. General Anxiety Disorder populations statistics I. According to anxiety and depression
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relatives of Dissociative Identity Disorder patients. In fact‚ they might need to deal with multiple personalities in the span of just a few days (Nevid‚ Rathus & Rathus‚ 2010). One moment they are your friends‚ the next one you do not even know who they are. Imagine making an important plan the previous day only for your friend to wake up with no memory of ever being your friend at all due to temporary memory loss – also known as‚ dissociative amnesia. Nevertheless‚ Dissociative identity disorder (DID)
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