Anxiety disorder

Anxiety disorder isn't the cause from poor parenting but just keep a strong support system with friends, family, and teachers. According to Lynn Siqueland, PhD (2015), “It is important that you have the same expectations of your anxious child that you would of another child.” Anxiety and Depression Association of America (2015), states at home tips for parents and caregivers whom have children with or are dealing with anxiety disorder at home or in school: Pay attention to your child’s feelings…

Anxiety disorders are often misdiagnosed or overlooked despite high rates of prevalence. The basic commonality in all anxiety disorders is anxious apprehension, a future-oriented condition in where the individual prepares to cope with upcoming negative events (source). High levels of negative affect, chronic over-arousal and a feeling of uncontrollability, which can lead to avoidant behaviors, accompany the condition of anxious apprehension in anxiety disorders (source). The…

Manual of Mental Disorders III (DSM-III), 21 items were selected based on two successful factor analyses of different samples (Doward, 2014). The initial item pool of 86 items was drawn from three preexisting scales: the Anxiety Checklist, the Physician’s Desk Reference Checklist, and the Situational Anxiety Checklist. A series of analyses was used to reduce the item pool (Waller, 2014). Items were chosen to reflect the somatic, affective, and cognitive characteristics of anxiety. This includes…

Anxiety disorders are the most common psychiatric disorders affecting children and adults today. There are several different anxiety disorders including generalized anxiety disorder, specific phobia, social anxiety disorder, separation anxiety disorder, agoraphobia, panic disorder, and selective mutism. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders- Fifth Edition (DSM-5), there is a close relationship between anxiety disorders and some of the obsessive-compulsive and…

IS IT? Panic Disorders are a variation of anxiety. Panic Disorder involves recurrent and often unexplainable Panic attacks. A Panic attack is a response to a stressful situation, where people may feel like they are losing control of themselves. Exact causes of Panic Disorder are still unclear but some evidence shows that if a family member has a tendency to nervousness you may inherit Panic Disorder from the immediate family member. The difference between Panic Disorder and Anxiety is that…

40 million adults between the ages of 18 to 54 suffer from anxiety in the United States.” In fact, anxiety is one of the most common psychiatric disorders today with a wide range of treatment options. Currently, many people that suffer from anxiety aren’t being treated for it and often choose to use a substance such as marijuana in lieu of other medication. Substances like marijuana provide an alternative way to cope with mental disorders that are often incurable without professional attention…

What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder? Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a mental health disorder in which a person gets entangled in a chain reaction of obsessions and compulsions. Obsessions are repeated thoughts, urges, or mental images that cause anxiety (https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/index.shtml). Compulsions are irresistible urges to behave in a certain way, especially against one's conscious wishes to combat the obsessions. Common obsessions are…

“The College Crisis” is an article from Teen Vogue magazine. The article emphasizes how college life lead students to obsessive compulsive disorders. I think that the author made good points through the article. The author claims that there are many things that cause stress for college students. Usually, students worry about academics and social relationships and work pressure. An interviewee said that “Everyone thinks school will be an escape… You no longer have your parents managing things for…

Introduction & Hypothesis Bagcioglu, E., Altunoluk, B., Bez, Y., Soylemez, H., Asik, A., & Emul, M. (2012) note that premature ejaculation (PD) and erectile dysfunction (ED) have been related to anxiety. Bagcioglu et al. hypothesized patients with premature ejaculation (PE) or erectile dysfunction (ED) would develop and endorse a distorted metacognitive function causing PE or ED. It was also hypothesized that patients may ejaculate faster or have impaired erection due to preoccupation with…

The film Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close follows a young boy named Oskar who has recently lost his father in the 9/11 attacks in 2001. While we are never expressly told of Oskar’s disorder, his interactions with others and general behaviour allow for the conclusion that Oskar has Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Before his father’s passing, Oskar is given tasks that attempt to encourage the development of his social skills since Oskar has “a hard time” talking to other people. Each task…