Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is a condition characterized by exaggerated and excessive anxiety and worries concerning everyday life events with no justifiable reasons for worry. People with this condition tend to always expect a disastrous event and they cannot stop being worried about things like money‚ health‚ school‚ work‚ family‚ and other things. Feeling anxious from time to time in your life especially if there are stressing experiences is treated as a normal thing. However‚ extreme and
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Anxiety‚ Somatoform‚ and Dissociative Disorders Outline & Case Analysis The capacity for an individual to have normal socialization and daily function can be altered in disorders such as; anxiety disorder‚ somatoform disorder‚ and dissociative disorder. Each disorder has varying biological‚ behavioral‚ emotional‚ and cognitive components; however‚ the symptoms in each of these disorders can overlap into another disorder. Identifying these components is important for abnormal psychology to develop
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depression and anxiety. William shared that when he was a teenager he was placed on a 51/50 hold when he swallowed a bottle of pills after a breakup with his girlfriend. He stated he had a physical altercation with his father and was burdened by remorse‚ guilt and shame. William shared that he felt hopeless about life and could not endure another day on the street. William suffered from weight loss‚ poor hygiene‚ lack of concentration‚ and exhibits symptoms of; memory loss‚ anxiety‚ dizziness‚ and
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“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
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Anxiety‚ Mood‚ Dissociative‚ Somatoform Disorders The DSM-IV-TR presents diagnostic categories and classifications for the use of identifying and diagnosing mental disorders (Hansell & Damour‚ 2008). This paper will look at the areas of anxiety disorders‚ mood and affective disorders‚ dissociative disorders‚ and somatoform disorders. The probable classifications and symptoms under these categories will also be discussed. In addition‚ an in depth look at a disorder from each category will be dissected
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Introduction to Generalized Anxiety Disorders and Treatments in Adults This treatment paper offers to acquaint the reader with information regarding the significance‚ impact and treatments of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) in adults. Among one of the most prevalent disorders in the United States‚ GAD has the propensity to severely hinder one’s everyday style of living and is listed within the Diagnostic and Statistical Manuel of Mental Disorders (American Psychiatric Association [APA]‚ 2013)
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Social Anxiety Disorder Kayla Garcia Mental Health - FAM1134 Professor Karen White-Jones November 26‚ 2013 Introduction A vast majority of the population might feel nervous or worried in social situations like speaking in front of a crowd or any type of interview. Some symptoms they might have would be a fast heartbeat‚ break out into a cold sweat or even faint because they are so nervous. In turn‚ a person may have social anxiety disorder (SAD)‚ previously known as social phobia‚ if the nervousness
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Understanding Social Anxiety Symptoms By Tom Villa Nov 11‚ 2010 Anxiety is normal for people. It is normal for us to be worrying sometime for something that we expect to happen. But there are people who excessively and exaggeratedly worry about something or someone like‚ family‚ money‚ work‚ career and etc. That is what we call social anxiety disorder. People with this kind of disorder tend to worry too much until it became unrealistic and out of proportion in the situation. And that has become a
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What is Anxiety? Anxiety is one of the most fundamental emotions shared by all species of animals. When confronted with danger‚ the fight or flight response of the sympathetic nervous system is triggered so that we are prepared to react and protect ourselves. Without anxiety and its physiological manifestations‚ such as hypersensitivity to environment and enhanced blood supply to leg muscles‚ the likelihood of harm or disaster in threatening situations would undoubtedly dramatically increase. A
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) Those who suffer from GAD‚ “…experience chronic pervasive anxiety…[and] feel tense and worried most of the time‚ which causes them distress and interferes with their functioning” (Hansell & Damour‚ 2008‚ p. 119). Furthermore‚ the sufferer finds it hard to control the pervasive worrying‚ which can precipitate restlessness‚ irritability‚ muscle tension‚ and sleep disturbances (BehaveNet‚ 1997-2010‚ n.p.). Also‚ Angst et. al. (2009) found that‚ “…there was no gender
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