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Anxiety Disorder
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Anxiety Disorder
By:
Efe Ajueyitsi
Messiyah Barlow
Cortez Jolly
Keith Noble
What is Anxiety Disorder?
Anxiety
Anxiety is a normal reaction to stress that can be beneficial in many situations - alerting us to dangers and helping us prepare and pay attention. However an anxiety disorder is an excessive increase in fear or anxiety.
Symptoms
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Signs and Symptoms
What are the signs and symptoms?
Signs
- Feeling nervous, restlessness or tense.
- Having a sense of impending danger, panic or doom.
- Having an increased heart rate.
- Breathing rapidly (hyperventilation)
- Sweating.
- Trembling.
- Trouble concentrating or thinking about anything other than the present worry.
Symptoms
- Body: fatigue, restlessness, or sweating
- Cognitive: lack of concentration, racing thoughts, unwanted thoughts
- Behavioral:
irritability
How common and more
How common is Anxiety?
Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S, affecting 40 million adults in the United States age 18 and older, or 18.1% of the population every year. Anxiety is more prevalent in developed countries and among women.
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How is it treated?
Treatment includes counseling or medications, including antidepressants.
Self-care methods to treat anxiety are to Avoid alcohol, Reduce caffeine intake, Physical exercise, Stress management, Quitting smoking, Relaxation techniques, and Healthy diet
Therapies for anxiety are Cognitive behavioral therapy, Meditation, and Psychotherapy
How many cases are reported each year?
Causes and Effects of Anxiety Disorder.........
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Causes
Effects
- Stressful events: like job interviews
- Public Speaking
- Difficult life experiences: like financial difficulties
- Natural disasters
- Relationship issues can cause nervousness and anxiety.
- Self harm
- Alcohol or substance/ addictions.
- Family effects
- Social Isolation
- Decrease in job/school performance.
Cures????????????????????????
There are not any miracle Quick-fix cures. There are methods to calm down your
anxiety. You can either take medication or go to therapy.
How can this type of disorder affects the family??
Being Worried
Regardless of who actually has the anxiety disorder, it is a condition that affects the lifestyle of everybody in the family-whether husband, wife, mother, father, sister, brother, etc.
Lead Trajectory
Ways it can affect the family..........
Chronic Tension:
Social Isolation:
Family members feel that tension with people anxiety disorders, and often don't know how to respond. Family members describe their experience as "walking on egg shells" around individuals with this disorder. This can cause tension in family which can cause problems with bonding and communicating.
Those with the anxiety disorders may want to be alone and may not want to engage in activities outside the house with family members and friends. The avoidance can greatly inhabit daily activities for the family members and quality of interactions with family and friends.
Bookings Trajectory
What are the ages when it is first detected??
Research shows that untreated children with anxiety disorders are at high risk to perform poorly in school, miss out on important social experiences, and engage in substances abuse.
Anxiety Disorders ages are 13-18. Children and adolescents with anxiety disorders typically experience intense fear, worry, or uneasiness that can last for long periods of time and can really change their lives.
Such as depression, eating disorder, and attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)