Anxiety‚ Mood/Affective‚ Somatoform Paper University of Phoenix PSY/410 Korneshia Parker Prepare a 700- to 1‚050-word paper in which you analyze the biological‚ psychodynamic‚ cognitive‚ and behavioral components of anxiety‚ mood/affective‚ and somatoform disorders. Anxiety‚ mood/affective‚ and somatoform disorders have many different components. These disorders while all detracting from normal social interactions and the day to day living of individuals who suffer from them have definitive
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Anxiety Disorders Anitra Boyle There are many different types of anxiety disorders which can vary from obsessive compulsive disorder‚ Post traumatic-stress disorder and the many different types of phobias. Even though there are many different types of anxiety disorders they all are mostly built off the same emotion of anxiety or excessive nervousness. Although we all may feel nervous when put into an uncomfortable position and get nervous or anxious‚ those with the disorder go through a completely
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There are two main categories of treatment for 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
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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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However‚ Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) leaves people in constant worry‚ stopping them from living life. The variety of symptoms GAD presents develops for many reasons and can be treated in different ways. Most of the symptoms of Generalized Anxiety Disorder affect the emotions of the individual. The most telling symptom of GAD is the constant worrying‚ which often feels uncontrollable (Mayo Clinic; Smith). Individuals may have intrusive thoughts‚ making them more anxious (Smith). One may also worrying
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alcoholism. Since he uses alcohol to unwind instead of distressing in another way. C) I advise he goes to AA meetings‚ or he can see a psychologist to find better ways to distress instead of using alcohol. 2) Kurt’s mood swings were unpredictable and excessive in nature. One time he was hyperactive and extremely elated with accelerated speech and a flight of ideas which‚ at times‚ seemed incoherent. During this period he worked feverishly day and night on an important novel that “had to be started
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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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Social anxiety disorder is a mental health condition involving the fear of social interactions. There is an intense fear of being negatively judged or humiliated by others. People with social anxiety disorder (SAD) feel like their anxiety is beyond their ability to control‚ affecting their day to day activities. Effects on Social Development Social situations almost always provoke fear and anxiety in patients with SAD. Anxiety symptoms may also arise from anticipating difficult interactions. Some
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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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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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