A Closer Look at Anxiety Disorders Can you imagine how it would feel to have constant feelings of fear and dread? These feelings are a reality for the twenty-nine percent of people who suffer from some kind of anxiety disorder in their lifetime (Comer 96). There are many different types of anxiety disorders. They include generalized anxiety disorder‚ phobia‚ panic disorder‚ and obsessive compulsive disorder. The symptoms of these disorders vary‚ but they all have an underlying similarity; fear
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Anxiety Disorder Anxiety is a normal reaction to stress and can actually be beneficial in some situations. Anxiety is also a normal human emotion that everyone experiences at times. Many people feel anxious‚ or nervous‚ when faced with a problem at work‚ before taking a test‚ or making an important decision. For some people‚ however‚ anxiety can become excessive. While the person suffering may realize their anxiety is too much‚ they may also have difficulty controlling it and it may negatively
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Term “Depression” is often used to describe general sadness or unhappiness. This loose use of the term confuses a normal mood swing with a clinical syndrome Depressive disorders can bring sever and long-lasting psychological pain that may intensify as time goes by. Major depressive episodes – exist in both Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar disorders Extremely sad mood or anhedonia (loss of interest or pleasure in life’s activities) Symptoms last for > 2 weeks Cognitive symptoms (loss of
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Anxiety Disorders An anxiety disorder does not develop over night; it develops slowly and could get worse if not treated by a physician when symptoms first occur. Feeling anxious is normal. People may feel anxious anxiety could worsen. An exam- during finals week‚ an individual anxiety level is high because more stress is increase. Doing activities that alleviates stress helps an individual’s anxiety decrease- going to the pool or going out to eat with friends- getting away from the “toxic”
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the feeling of anxiety when they are put in uncomfortable situations or fearful of a future event‚ but some experience these feelings when there is nothing to worry about. These people may be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. Anxiety disorders are mental illnesses that are can cause feelings of anxiety‚ nervousness‚ and panic more often than usual (Barrios). There are many different types of these disorders‚ including general anxiety disorder (GAD)‚ agoraphobia‚ and panic disorder. Some common symptoms
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Ngoc (Lily) Le Abnormal Psychology Case Study #3 – Mood Disorders 29 May 2014 1. The different mood disorders that we explored together as a class are as following: depressive disorders and bipolar disorders. (I didn’t factor suicide into this.) Going into further detail‚ depressive disorders are the clarified grouping of individuals who have been identified to have unipolar depression. Having unipolar depression is when that same individual is in a mental state of depression without having shown
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ANXIETY DISORDER There are many types of anxiety disorders that include panic disorder‚ obsessive compulsive disorder‚ post-traumatic stress disorder‚ social anxiety disorder‚ specific phobias‚ and generalized anxiety disorder. Anxiety is a normal human emotion that everyone experiences at times. Many people feel anxious‚ or nervous‚ when faced with a problem at work‚ before taking a test‚ or making an important decision. Anxiety disorders‚ however‚ are different. They can cause such distress
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MOOD DISORDERS A 32-year old female Janice Butterfield‚ who came in at the insistence of her husband Jed Butterfield for a consultation concerning her suicidal attempt due to dysthymia. American Heritage Dictionary defines that dysthymia is a chronic disturbance of mood lasting at least two years in adults or one year in children‚ characterized by recurrent periods of mild depression and such symptoms. Although the symptoms of dysthymia may be less intense than those of depression‚ dysthymia
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Mood Disorders Mood disorders are quite interesting; especially if you’re realizing that you have many of the symptoms. With mood disorders one experiences long periods of depression or elation‚ that causes ones everyday activities to be disrupted. The main mood disorders are major depression‚ and bipolar disorder. Another type of mood disorder is called seasonal affective disorder. This is caused by the lack of sunlight that people with the disorder receive in usually the winter months. Apparently
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such as mood disorders. When changes in mood and behavior affect a person so greatly‚ they can have a mood disorder. Common types of mental illnesses include major depression and bi-polar disorder. Mood disorders‚ also known as affective disorders‚ can be defined as a disturbance of mood that is not caused by a organic abnormality. This disorder also includes the appearance of an excessive "maniac" or "depressive" state that is not interfered by any of the other physical or mental disorders. Whatever
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