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The experience of anxiety has two components |
The awareness of the physiologic sensations (e.g., palpitations and sweating) and The awareness of being nervous or frightened. |
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Although the physical and emotional symptoms of anxiety are similar to “fear,” it differs from fear in that it |
it is not a response to an overt danger, but rather an impending one. |
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Anxiety disorders prevalence in the U.S. population5uú |
are the most prevalent psychiatric syndromes in the U.S. population. Nearly one-fifth of adults report a lifetime history of one of the major anxiety disorders, and
1 in 10 suffer from a current anxiety disorder. |
