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neurophysiology of anxiety disorders

Anxiety is common to all ages and is characterized by fear and worry. Anxiety is normal. For example, children between 6 and 18 months old experience separation anxiety, and everyone experiences the fight or flight response to stressful situations. Anxiety becomes a disorder when a person is unable to cope with stressors and anxiety interferes […]

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anxiety disorders symptoms in adults

anxiety disorders symptoms in adults Anxiety is a physical and psychological reaction to something that is seen as threatening. Anxiety is a normal human reaction that in some cases can be beneficial. For example, when going to a job interview, feelings of anxiety can make a person more alert. However, when the feelings of anxiety […]

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Anxiety Disorders articles about related to application

Application to Anxiety Disorders In an interesting extrapolation to psychopathology, McNaughton and Gray attribute GAD to excessive output from the SHS. Underscoring the information processing aspects of the SHS, they describe GAD as primarily a cognitive disorder that involves an excessive perception of threat and a subsequent suppression of approach and excessive avoidance of threat. […]

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mood and anxiety disorders in men

The results of recent twin studies of mood and anxiety disorder symptoms across the life span suggest some differences in the etiology of these symptoms in childhood versus adulthood. Only a few twin studies hav been conducted with children and adolescents, so we will begin with a review of the more extensive adult findings. We […]

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Treatment Approaches for Anxiety Disorders

The treatment of anxiety disorders is variable and will be directly linked to thenature and severity of the anxiety being experienced by the person. As mentionedabove, anxiety is one of the most treatable psychiatric disorders. However, it mustalso be remembered that anxiety may coexist in the presence of other psychologicaldisorders, such as depression. All this […]

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Anxiety disorders in older adults

Anxiety disorders are as common in older adults as they are in younger populations (10–15%) with substantial numbers presenting to primary care (10–18%). There is evidence that anxiety disorders are recognised and treated even less often than depression, with the physiological symptoms (Box 15.5) being frequently over-investigated. Generalised anxiety disorder and specifi c phobias are […]

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Classification of Anxiety Disorders

Muir-Cochrane (2003) suggests that the most common anxiety disorders are classified as follows: • generalised anxiety disorder • phobias • obsessive-compulsive disorder • post-traumatic stress • panic disorder. However, Muir-Cochrane  states that ‘anxiety is one of the most common treatable mental disorders’. Anxiety can also be present in some other mental disorders such as depression; high […]

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