Category: Anxiety Disorder

Your palms are sweaty, your heart is racing, your knees are weak, and yet you stand there in front of everyone while they just blatantly stare at you. The sweat building up on your forehead drips into your eyes. You stutter, trying desperately to remember what you are supposed to speak about. Nothing comes to…

In 2013, there were over 8 million cases of anxiety in the UK, with women being almost twice as likely as men to develop an anxiety disorder. This can come in many forms, from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), to obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and generalised anxiety disorder (GAD). However, while there are many psychological treatments…

Mood disorder is an umbrella term used by both DSM and ICD classification. A mood disorder is any type of psychiatric illness that affects your mood. These disorders could be depressive disorders, manic or major, bipolar disorders, seasonal affective disorder, along with new modern terms such as Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder. All these disorders can…

Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) is a serious, debilitating condition which affects around 5% of the UKs population, therefore it is vital that the advice given by health care professionals to help cope with this disorder is accessible to all those who require it. Currently, once an individual is diagnosed with GAD, the main recommended treatment…

In general, when it comes to the biological aspect of anxiety there is still more to learn and examine. For example, there should be more studies that focus on the environment and other risk factors. Even though some risk factors indicate one specific sex there should be more for both sexes. Basic and clinical studies…

Having an anxiety disorder can lead to serious complications in the life of a person, it can; increase the risk of depression, take away time and focus from other activities, impair the ability to perform tasks quickly and efficiently due to difficulty in concentration. It can also lead to or worsen some physical health conditions…

The Diagnostic and statistical manual (2013) specifies that an individual must exhibit excessive anxiety or worry toward certain events or activities in order to have General Anxiety Disorder (GAD). Adrian demonstrates excessive anxiety and worry for a number of events and activities such as job performance, her childrens well being, and her relationships with men.…

People form impressions of others they see, have described to them or encounter in the media (Schneider et al, 1979). It is common to save and store information about people, places or events as schemas. A schema is a defined and rational set of related thoughts and beliefs. When a schema is activated the mind…

According to American Association, anxiety disorder can be explained as a reaction towards tension which could occur and sometimes do bring benefit in certain situations. It helps us to realise its danger and push us to be in a ready mode and focus on the coming danger. This disorder is not the same as the…

Bens Case study Identification of the disorder: The case presented deals with Ben, a 52 years old man suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder as well as generalized anxiety disorder, personality disorder and social anxiety disorder. Since Ben has been unmarried his whole life and has always been anxious with girls and he avoids making any social…