attacks occur frequently‚ the person is considered to be suffering from panic disorder. People with panic disorder are often extremely nervous and frightened because they are unable to predict when the next episode will occur. Panic disorder is common and affects about 2.4 million Americans‚ or 1.7% of the adult population aged 18 to 54. Panic disorder usually begins in early adulthood. The exact cause of panic disorder is unclear. For many people‚ symptoms may develop and worsen when there are significant
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Childhood Trauma v. Social Anxiety Disorder Daisy Gonzalez Moraine Valley Community College Abstract These articles explain information on causes of social anxiety disorder (SAD). SAD is caused by emotional and physical abuse. I will be summarizing and comparing both a popular article of Psychology Today: Mirror‚ Mirror: Seeing yourself as others see you and a scholarly article in Annals of General Psychiatry: An analysis of early development trauma in social anxiety disorder (SAD) and posttraumatic
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create anxiety. This is called a phobia. Phobias are said to affect 11% of the Australian population. Fears vs. Phobias Fear is a natural response that humans‚ and in fact most animals‚ have. Its purpose is to activate our ‘fight or flight’ response system in case of danger. A phobia is a persistent‚ overwhelming and exaggerated fear of an object or situation that can affect your ability
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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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and mathematics. In 2005‚ Emily was referred for Special Education eligibility; however‚ she was not found eligible for services. In 2007 while attending Wake County Public Schools in North Carolina‚ Emily was diagnosed with GAD‚ Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Upon transfer to Montgomery City Public schools in 2008‚ she was found eligible for services due to below average range of
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Social anxiety disorder is a condition where the individual feels high anxiety in social situations due to fears that they will be negatively judged by others feel bad about themselves or embarrassment. The disorder varies from person to person so the individual fears can be specific or can be more general. For example‚ a specific fear could be eating in public and a more general fear could be messing up in front of other people. This disorder makes individuals judge themselves and feel as if they
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A Panic Attack is sudden surge of overwhelming anxiety and fear. Your heart rate increases and it becomes hard‚ if not impossible‚ to breath. For some people‚ it may even feel as though they are dying or going crazy. Panic attacks begin abruptly and can last for hours in some cases. Panic attacks aren’t necessarily dangerous and they shouldn’t cause much harm to the person. The causes and triggers of panic attacks aren’t completely clear but they generally run in families. If it runs within the
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Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder in which you fear and often avoid places or situations that might cause you to panic and make you feel trapped‚ helpless or embarrassed. The word agoraphobia literally means "fear of the marketplace." People with agoraphobia fear an actual or anticipated situation‚ such as using public transportation‚ being in open or enclosed spaces‚ or being in a crowd. The anxiety is caused by fear that there’s no easy way to escape or seek help if intense anxiety develops. The symptoms
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AMYGDALA & HYPERSOCIABILITY The Role of the Amygdala and Abnormal Social Behavior in Williams Syndrome Abstract Williams syndrome (WS) is a genetic neurodevelopmental disorder often paired with unique behavioral abnormalities like hypersociability‚ reduced fear and a tendency to approach strangers. The amygdala is an integral component of the neural network and has been implicated in social phenotype particularly in emotion and fear. Functional magnetic resonance
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Selective mutism (SM) is an anxiety disorder that prevents children speaking in certain social situations‚ such as school lessons or in public. However‚ they’re able to speak freely to close family and friends when nobody else is listening – for example‚ when they’re at home. It’s important to understand that when the mutism happens‚ the child is not voluntarily refusing to speak but is literally unable to speak‚ feeling frozen. In time‚ they learn to anticipate the situations that provoke mutism
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