ap anxiety disorders/mood disorders
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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 PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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 • 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)
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.
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
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
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
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
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)