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AP Anxiety Disorders/Mood Disorders. Characteristics of Anxiety Disorders. Anxiety: feeling of apprehension/dread. Feeling anxious is normal. Where it becomes an issue is when the anxiety is disproportionate to the actual situation. Constant worrying or obsession about small or large concerns - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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AP Anxiety Disorders/Mood Disorders

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Characteristics of Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety: feeling of apprehension/dread.Feeling anxious is normal. Where it becomes an issue is when the anxiety is disproportionate to the actual situation

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• Constant worrying or obsession about small or large concerns • Restlessness and feeling keyed up or on edge • Fatigue • Difficulty concentrating or your mind "going blank" • Irritability • Muscle tension or muscle aches • Trembling, feeling twitchy or being easily startled • Trouble sleeping • Sweating, nausea or diarrhea • Shortness of breath or rapid heartbeat (mayoclinic.org)

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Types of Anxiety Disorders

1. Generalized: the person feels anxious across a variety of environments

- Difficulty sleeping, unable to follow through on everyday tasks

- May be a product of learned behavior, as well as inability to adapt to modern life/change.

2. Phobic: a phobia is an irrational fear of something. It becomes an issue when the phobia interferes with the person’s ability to function.

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Anxiety Disorders

• Phobias may have been learned from a past event, as well as from parents/family members

• Systematic desensitization helps overcome phobias.• Agoraphobia (fear of the outside world) extremely

problematic3. Panic Disorder: Characterized by extreme terror for

no apparent reason. May also feel doom/death imminent

Often occurs following stressful event

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Anxiety Disorders

4. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders:Obsession: the thoughts that produce the anxietyCompulsion: the behavior repeatedly performed in

an effort to ease the anxiety.The person afflicted with OCD has a continuous loop

of behaviorSymptoms often start mildly, and become

progressively worse over timeCause of OCD: unknown, may be reaction to stress

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Anxiety Disorders

• 5. PTSD (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder) : A survivor of a traumatic event will relive the fear though triggering events, overwhelming that person’s ability to cope.

• Risk factors include being female, prolonged exposure to trauma, history of self/family of depression, history of neglect/abuse during childhood

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6. Social Anxiety Disorder (aka social phobia):Symptoms include nausea, lack of eye contact, difficulty talking in pubic situations- Person knows behavior is not rational- Most likely developed in early to mid teens- Females more likely to have- Can be environmentally triggered

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Mood Disorders• Depression- Considered to be a chronic illness, although some only have one episode- One of the most common- Symptoms include irritability, loss of interest/energy, feeling of

sadness/hopelessness, suicidal thoughts- Those with suicidal thoughts (ideation) should seek intervention

immediately- Some people become clinically depressed because of lack of sunlight• Bipolar Disorder (Manic Depression)- Moods shift from highs (mania) to lows (depression)- 1-6 % of population- Often treated with medication (e.g. lithium)

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