One of the most common growing disease in late adulthood is Parkinson which is a progressive disease of the nervous system with symptoms including tremor of the hands, arms, legs, jaw and face which is caused by failure of the normal cellular compensatory mechanisms in vulnerable brain regions, bradykinesia or slowness of movement, rigidity or stiffness of the limbs and trunk, postural instability or impaired balance and coordination. One of the main reason for these symptoms is the loss of dopamine which helped the Thalamus to regulate the movement by reporting the sensory information about the movement of the body to the brain. According to McNamara (2017), the loss of dopamine in the brain circuit which disrupts the performance of thalamus.
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There are several types of anxiety disorders like: generalized anxiety disorder, specific phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, and social phobia. All of these anxiety disorder is to some level problematic for the patient. Those who suffer from generalized anxiety disorder, are always worried no matter how significant or insignificant the situation. On the other hand, specific phobias will cause the patient to be in an intense, unnecessary fear of things that are not even posing a threat. People who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder usually develop tension and uneasiness due to rather experiencing a physical harm or witnessing. Based on current psychiatry (2011), There are 0.08% elderly people who suffer from Obsessive-compulsive disorder, which is more kwon as OCD, but for some of those who categorize in this section they mostly like to be in control of certain things such as touching, checking their belongings in a particular order. Panic disorder is one the popular anxiety disorder, which will cause a sudden rise in heartbeat, sweatiness that follows up with dizziness and faint, attack of terror, and nausea in severe cases. Panic attack can occur at any time, even during sleep. Social phobia, which is most known for social anxiety disorder, is when the patient feels overwhelmingly self-conscious in everyday social
There are several types of anxiety disorders like: generalized anxiety disorder, specific phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, and social phobia. All of these anxiety disorder is to some level problematic for the patient. Those who suffer from generalized anxiety disorder, are always worried no matter how significant or insignificant the situation. On the other hand, specific phobias will cause the patient to be in an intense, unnecessary fear of things that are not even posing a threat. People who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder usually develop tension and uneasiness due to rather experiencing a physical harm or witnessing. Based on current psychiatry (2011), There are 0.08% elderly people who suffer from Obsessive-compulsive disorder, which is more kwon as OCD, but for some of those who categorize in this section they mostly like to be in control of certain things such as touching, checking their belongings in a particular order. Panic disorder is one the popular anxiety disorder, which will cause a sudden rise in heartbeat, sweatiness that follows up with dizziness and faint, attack of terror, and nausea in severe cases. Panic attack can occur at any time, even during sleep. Social phobia, which is most known for social anxiety disorder, is when the patient feels overwhelmingly self-conscious in everyday social