Essays on Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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There were several tests made to test the patient’s neuropsychological and personality state. And there are several moments that may look like a situational stress reaction. Since, there were several aspects in the test that make to stop and think. Actually, in the given case stress in not a diagnoses, it may be one of the reasons of some possible disorders. For example, although the patient has average superior level of Perceptual Reasoning (Lichtenberger & Kaufman, 2013), she has troubles with “reading” cards of the test. Judging from the facts, listed by the patient, ...

Key information from the case study

Often, an anxiety disorder precedes an eating disorder, which might be Anita’s case. At this point, her eating-related behaviors are moderately problematic (distorted body-image, emotional eating, a sense of lack of control during eating). Nonetheless, if not appropriately addressed, there is high likelihood that these early signs will develop into a full-blown eating disorder (bulimia nervosa / anorexia nervosa).

Possibly co-occurring: Body Dysmorphic Disorder and (mild) Substance Use Disorder (DSM-5, APA, 2013).

Primary Diagnosis Generalized Anxiety Disorder There is a strong possibility that Anita suffers from GAD. Individuals with GAD experience perpetual, chronic and most frequently unfounded worry. In some cases it disrupts work, studies, social activities. Physical symptoms include gastrointestinal ...

What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?

Quite often, people experience anxiety when faced with a difficult situation, and the anxiety ends once the situation is resolved. Occasional anxiety is a common phenomenon that people face especially before undertaking tasks for which they have little confidence in accomplishing. Besides, whenever confronted with the need to make important decisions, people tend to experience anxiety over the possible consequences of such decisions. In general, anxiety occurs when one is facing a difficult situation, has to make a difficult decision, or is about to carry out a task that one has no confidence in accomplishing successfully. In all these ...

Psychology Summaries

Solomon, Caren G., Murray B. Stein, and Jitender Sareen. "Generalized Anxiety Disorder." The New England journal of medicine 373.21 (2015): 2059-68. ProQuest. 7 Apr. 2016 .Retrieved fromhttp://search.proquest.com.contentproxy.phoenix.edu/docview/1735349848?pq-origsite=summon Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is a condition that creates excessive worry and concern in a debilitating manner for those afflicted with the condition. “According to representative epidemiologic surveys, the estimated prevalence of generalized anxiety disorder in the general population of the United States is 3.1% in the previous year and 5.7% over a patient’s lifetime; the prevalence is approximately twice as high among women as among men” (Solomon, Stein, and ...

Stevie, a forty-three year old married accountant, frequently complains of sweaty palms, dizziness, breath shortness and stomachaches. This has been going on for a period of over two years with few moments of prolonged relief. He also complains of mouth dryness, occasions of extreme muscular tension in addition to a persistent nervousness that he claims interferes with his ability to concentrate on his occupational responsibilities time and again. Though such symptoms habitually event in frustration, Stevie denies feeling depressed in any way and continues to enjoy his various hobbies as well as family activities. Due to these symptoms, Stevie has made ...

Psychotherapy for Anxiety disorders

Anxiety disorders entail symptoms of extreme nervous conditions causing high levels of distress consequently interfering with a person's normal daily life. People suffering from Anxiety disorders are always in constant fear and worry and later, if left untreated, depression. As the most common of all emotional disorders, Anxiety disorders affect over 25 million Americans according to the American Psychological Association report (2009). In the effort to obtain relief from these symptoms, some patients opt to indulge in drug and alcohol abuse. This indulgence affects their performance both at school and work as well as their social relationships . Most common ...

Anxiety disorders are undoubtedly among the most common types of emotional disorders affecting a very large portion of the world’s population. These disorders are different from the everyday normal feelings of nervousness. They are dangerous and can worsen with time. Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) falls in this category. GAD takes worrying to a whole new level. Individuals afflicted with this condition undergo exaggerated and excessive worry and tension. They always expect the worst possible outcome despite there being no evidence for their concern. GAD affects individuals of all ages, but those who are at most risk are in the ages ...

Introduction

The global burden of psychiatric disorders is high and the etiology of these diseases varies between and within individuals. Current studies are focusing on genetic factors associated with each class of disorders. Other studies take a psychological approach to the management of psychiatric disorders.

Article Summaries

Anxiety disorders are the most common psychiatric disorders affecting up to 13.3% of the population in the U.S. Anxiety disorders have been associated with decreased productivity, increased morbidity and mortality rates, and increased growth of alcohol and drug abuse (Bystritsky et al., 2013). Studies have found an extensive presence of comorbidities in patients presenting with symptoms ...

Anxiety, pain, worry, fear, confusion, and other related things are common to people of all ages. Everyone experience such things in life, and no one can claim to be invulnerable to these things – even to their simplest form. However, it is attested that these things could also become drastically unpleasant. Considering anxiety, this can become a [serious] disorder when the symptoms become chronic and interfering with one’s daily life and ability to act/function (Grohol, 2010). When it worsens, an individual can no longer work, eat, and even do the essential responsibilities a human being should be doing in life. Like ...

Introduction

The co-occurrence of substance abuse and mental disorders is a common and growing problem among Americans that should be given attention as it impairs the life of those affected. One of these is the co-occurrence of substance abuse disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. In this regard, this paper provides an overview of this co-occurring disease in terms of its criteria for diagnosis, its incidence, causes, treatment, and the considerations for assessment.

DSM-IV Criteria for Generalized Anxiety

“Generalized anxiety disorder is a chronic and impairing disorder, independent of its substantial comorbidity with other mental disorders” (Andrews et al., 2010, p. 134). According to DSM- IV (Andrews et ...

Anxiety disorder describes serious psychological problems characterized by excessive worry, anxiety and nervous thoughts or expectations. This condition comprises a variety of clinical conditions of phobia, post-traumatic stress disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder (Shear et al., 2007). All human beings have flight responses required to react when one senses danger. However when anxiety becomes excessive and uncontrollable leading to emotional distress and disruption in everyday activities we consider it to be an anxiety disorder. Recent studies have identified anxiety disorders as a significant mental illness among both adults and children. National institute of mental health (NIMH) claims that nearly 18% of ...

Psychology Quiz

READING/STUDY QUIZ #6&7:

1. What are hallucinations and delusions? (2 points) A hallucination is a false perception of sensory stimuli in the absence of an external stimulation of the corresponding sensory stimuli. A delusion is a false belief, which an individual holds on to with a strong conviction despite evidence to the contrary. The belief is not one that is normally accepted by members of the individual’s culture or people of the same educational background. 2. What are the indicators of abnormality? (3 points) Indicators of abnormality include distress, irrationality, maladaptiveness, unpredictability, unconventionality and undesired behavior. ...

Panic disorders and attacks are often linked; anxiety can come from a number of places. Stein et al. (2010) believes that obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a form of anxiety, as it is a condition wherein people will often fret about an apparent lack of organization, or they feel unease unless they perform a repeated action for a certain number of times arbitrarily. This can often lead to panic attacks in the afflicted individual, as they feel a tremendous amount of anxiety when something is out of place, or they are unable to perform that action. Stein et al. are attempting to get OCD included as ...

Developmental Psychology

Introduction

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a disorder which results into lack of attention, over-activity, impulsivity or a combination of any of the problems aforementioned. ADHD usually results into children having another developmental, psychiatric or behavioral disorder (Hartmann, 2003) Some of the problems that can be developed by children having ADHD include; physical development disorder, Emotional development disorder and intellectual development disorder. The disorders need to be detected whenever they occur so that they are corrected as soon as possible. This will help save on the resources which could have otherwise been spent at the later stages of the complications. ( ...

Introduction

The struggle that many people undergo everyday has in one way or another affected their health. The thoughts that usually occupy the mind from time to time are unnecessary burden that can have far-reaching effects on one’s health. These thoughts are otherwise known as worry. Considering the fact that the world is full of demands, it goes without saying that worries will never cease. Individuals tend to worry literally about everything: debts, family, lives, friends, property, work, and themselves among other things. Surprisingly, thinking about worry is in itself a burden. Worrying a little is not bad, however, too much ...