Anxiety is a problem that many individuals struggle with today. It is a state of constant fear, often from traumatic events or stress. Chronic anxiety can be caused from too much activity in the sympathetic nervous system, which controls human’s fight or flight response. The sympathetic nervous system is part of the autonomic nervous system. The autonomic nervous system controls involuntary bodily processes, such as digestion. The sympathetic nervous system controls the body’s response in emergency or stressful situations. In order to prepare for a “fight or flight response”, the system releases two hormones: norepinephrine and epinephrine. These hormones elevate the heart and breathing rate of a human. Too much activity from the sympathetic
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Many of these disorders are similar to each other, such as PTSD, Social Anxiety Disorder, Generalized Anxiety, and Panic Disorder. More similarities were additionally discovered as almost half of those who suffer from depression also deal with anxiety disorders, and such anxiety and panic disorders usually occur with high blood pressure and postural tachycardia syndrome. Therefore, scientists have developed treatments that are able to target multiple types of anxiety. The causes of anxiety disorders are still being researched, but researchers have found that they can be inherited. Because of this, families usually have similar anxieties, and identical twins are more likely to suffer the same disorders than fraternal twins. Similar anxieties are formed by similar gene variations. The COMT gene, for example, affects levels of anxiety, and sometimes has G to A substitution at codon 158 to form valine alleles which increase the gene’s activity. Levels of stress and apprehension can furthermore vary on an individual’s personality, such as self esteem and coping skills with life experiences. Thus one’s epigenome, related to specific life experiences, is also directly related to such disorders; childhood bullying results in anxiety that stays in adulthood. Stressful stimuli cause receptors to begin anxiety states in the brain with noradrenergic neurons. These neurons regulate the …show more content…
Out of two-hundred and thirty two primary care patients, 113 were randomly selected to undergo usual care and 119 were selected to for intervention treatment. Usual care consists of drug therapy from the patient’s primary care physician, but the patient could use mental health resources as needed. Patients who received intervention treatment saw a behavioral health specialist as well as a primary care physician. For a minimum of 6 weeks, intervention treatment subjects were given antidepressant medication and had to complete 6 cognitive behavioral therapy sessions in the first 3 months of the experiment. Six telephone sessions were scheduled for the rest of the 12 months of the study in order for the physician to check in with the patient, remind the patient of behavioral skills and to take medication as needed, and recommend any other medication as needed. People use cognitive behavioral therapy to treat anxiety by talking to a mental health therapist. The counselor has a certain number of sessions for the patient, and focuses on changing negative aspects of his or her mood. Cognitive behavioral therapy has been known to be effective in treating anxiety disorders and depression. Individuals were considered in “remission” if they had no panic attacks in the last month, little anxiety regarding panic, and a little fear of crowded or
Many of these disorders are similar to each other, such as PTSD, Social Anxiety Disorder, Generalized Anxiety, and Panic Disorder. More similarities were additionally discovered as almost half of those who suffer from depression also deal with anxiety disorders, and such anxiety and panic disorders usually occur with high blood pressure and postural tachycardia syndrome. Therefore, scientists have developed treatments that are able to target multiple types of anxiety. The causes of anxiety disorders are still being researched, but researchers have found that they can be inherited. Because of this, families usually have similar anxieties, and identical twins are more likely to suffer the same disorders than fraternal twins. Similar anxieties are formed by similar gene variations. The COMT gene, for example, affects levels of anxiety, and sometimes has G to A substitution at codon 158 to form valine alleles which increase the gene’s activity. Levels of stress and apprehension can furthermore vary on an individual’s personality, such as self esteem and coping skills with life experiences. Thus one’s epigenome, related to specific life experiences, is also directly related to such disorders; childhood bullying results in anxiety that stays in adulthood. Stressful stimuli cause receptors to begin anxiety states in the brain with noradrenergic neurons. These neurons regulate the …show more content…
Out of two-hundred and thirty two primary care patients, 113 were randomly selected to undergo usual care and 119 were selected to for intervention treatment. Usual care consists of drug therapy from the patient’s primary care physician, but the patient could use mental health resources as needed. Patients who received intervention treatment saw a behavioral health specialist as well as a primary care physician. For a minimum of 6 weeks, intervention treatment subjects were given antidepressant medication and had to complete 6 cognitive behavioral therapy sessions in the first 3 months of the experiment. Six telephone sessions were scheduled for the rest of the 12 months of the study in order for the physician to check in with the patient, remind the patient of behavioral skills and to take medication as needed, and recommend any other medication as needed. People use cognitive behavioral therapy to treat anxiety by talking to a mental health therapist. The counselor has a certain number of sessions for the patient, and focuses on changing negative aspects of his or her mood. Cognitive behavioral therapy has been known to be effective in treating anxiety disorders and depression. Individuals were considered in “remission” if they had no panic attacks in the last month, little anxiety regarding panic, and a little fear of crowded or