anxiety disorder.pptx ...................

Psychology

1. Anxiety involves a general feeling of apprehension about possible future danger, whereas fear is an alarm reaction that occurs in response to immediate danger. Anxiety disorders are characterized by excessive or unrealistic, irrational fears or anxieties that cause significant distress and/or impairments in functioning. ANXIETY

2. SYPMTOMS 1. Rapid heart rate 2. Shortness of breath 3. Loss of appetite 4. Dizziness 5. Sweating 6. sleeplessness frequent urination Tremors Muscle tension Restlessness Excessive worries- negative thoughts stomachache

3. The individual is fearful or anxious about separation from attachment figure to a degree the is developmentally inappropriate There is persistent and excessive worry about harm coming to attachment figure persistent and excessive fear about being alone without attachment figure Repeated nightmare involving themes of separation Reluctance to go away from attachment figure Child- 4 weeks Adolescent- 6 months Separation anxiety disorder

4. Consistent failure to speak in specific social situation in which there is an expectation for speaking The disturbance interfere with educational and occupational achievement The failure to speak is not attributable to lack of knowledge of comfort with spoken language required in social situation Doesnot initiate speech and reciprocate response Selective mutism

5. persistent anxiety and irrational fear of specific objects, activities & situation eg. Flying, heights, animals, receiving an injection The phobic object almost always provokes immediate fear or anxiety It is persistent, typically lasting for 6 months Impairment in social, occupational areas of functioning SPECIFIC PHOBIA

6. Marked fear or anxiety about one or more social situations in which the individual is exposed to possible scrutiny by other Meeting unfamiliar people Being observed Performing in the front of others Having convervation SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER

7. Recurrent unexpected panic attack Panic attack is an abrupt (sudden & unexpected) strong feeling of intense fear or serious discomfort that reaches a peak within minutes and during which time four (or more) of the following symptoms occur: Palpitation Sensation of shortness of breath Feeling of choking Chest pain Feeling of losing control or going crazy Fear of dying Panic disorder

8. The essential feature of GAD is excessive anxiety and worry (apprehensive expectation) about a number of events or activities Worry all the time Patients often can’t identify what causing the anxiousness GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER

9. Marked fear or anxiety about one or more of the following situations Using public transportation (automobile, buses, train, planes) Being in open spaces (parking lots, market places, bridges) Being in enclosed places (shops, theatres, lift) Standing in line or being in a crowd being outside of the home alone AGORAPHOBIA