Anxiety disorder

and confusion of why he was alive. From a biological stand point we will look to William’s brain chemistry. He seems to be showing symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder as well as depression. When in reference to the biological perspective it’s important to note that the brain chemistry of someone suffering from generalized anxiety disorder is chemically different than that of someone who is not. The amygdala is the center in the brain that controls fight or flight…

Next, conditions such as General Anxiety Disorder (GAD) have the ability to sway whether we will perceive the possible outcome of any even to be positive or negative. With a disorder such as this, you would most likely assume the negative outcome would come true. In a study completed by Paul Franceschi at the University of Corsica, the experimenter emphasizes how a condition like GAD can serve as a cognitive “distortion” which can alter the way we think, and make us believe that something is…

hydrochloride has the added benefit of being prescribed for pain as well as GAD (Brown University, 2014), which was important since J.D. suffers significant pain due to the degenerative disc disease in her back and anxiety symptoms, though she is not diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. This medication is in the class of a serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor antidepressants. As the name suggests, duloxetine hydrochloride inhibits reuptake of serotonin and norepinephrine, increasing…

has had minimum contact with his father. His mother has been his primary source of social support and is highly involved in his day-to-day functioning. Two years ago, his mother was diagnosed with Social Anxiety Disorder, the family much of their free time at home, due to their mother’s anxiety. Joshua experienced concentration difficulties in school, beginning in the third grade, and performed below average throughout elementary school. He had great difficulty…

Currently, during my senior year, I have conquered my anxiety and it has made me a better person as a result of it. My freshman and sophomore years when I had anxiety or panic attack I would not be capable of going to school occasionally for days at a time and would miss school work and important events because of it. Now I am able to resist the anxiety and continue with my life despite the struggles that I am faced with and I am an exceptionally strong person because of it. Some people let…

themselves. The meaning of music to me is so strong it helps me get through the toughest times in my life. I chose this topic to show people how music can change our attitudes and moods in our daily lives. In 2015, I was diagnosed with Panic Disorder Anxiety in which I would have random panic attacks and didn’t have a real reason as to why I was getting them. That’s when I turned to music. Music helped me get my mind off of these occurrences and look to the brighter things in life. The first and…

animal models of anxiety and the mechanisms of anti- anxiety treatments, there are some unmet clinical needs like the high rate of lack of response to anxiety. Thus, preclinical studies still have primary importance in this area of research. Animal models are widely used in medical studies which are impractical or impossible to be carried on human, and they have significant implications in search of new and better treatment strategies. In this paper, animal models of anxiety disorders and how…

fear, a kind of anxiety disorder in which the individual has a relentless dread of a situation, living creature, place or thing. They are categorized into 3 main types: specific, social and agoraphobia. They differ from fears as they cause some level of impairment, and medications and psychotherapy are 2 main methods of treatment. ________________________________________________________________…

population suffers from some form of anxiety disorder. (Stossel 1) Doctors recommend medication such as Citalopram, Xanax, and Prozac. According to doctors interviewed in Understanding Anxiety, most doctors who diagnose an anxiety disorder don’t know exactly what anxiety is. Medication has major side effects, and typically those side effects are worse than the anxiety the medication is meant to cure. However, alternative practices for coping and curing anxiety are becoming more and more popular…

One example is that of discrimination in the workplace based on mental illness, as behaviors that were previously non-medical in nature have now been defined as the symptoms of various disorders, which can then influence employment decisions. In any case, it is apparent that although sociologists may not consider medicalization to be directly responsible for social inequalities, it does occur in a way that reproduces power structures in…