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Drinking alcohol is a dangerous activity which is why there are laws about what age one is supposed to be before partaking in a drink. In college, however, students tend to drink even if they are not of the proper age. The rate of students drinking alcohol in college has been increasing in past years. College students are vulnerable to mental health disorders, such as Social Anxiety Disorder, depression, and substance abuse. Depression and social anxiety are both contributory factors to the…

This article is focused on Anxiety and a little smidge of depression to add on. The author is a regular young married woman who lives her normal life with her husband, but unfortunately another guest. The type of guest who comes unwelcomed and you can’t deny their entry into your home and life. Neither one of the home tenants want the guest to show up but they have learned they have to accept that the guest will show up and need to learn how to deal with it. Personally I love this essay from the…

The article I chose talks about anxiety disorders in children, adolescents, and emerging adulthood. According to Avital E. Falk and John T. Walkup, anxiety disorders constitute the most prevalent class of mental health problems in children and adolescents. Sometimes the symptoms of anxiety are not always present and they remain undeveloped until they are triggered. When anxiety develops in childhood and is not treated, individuals don't develop a variety of coping and adaptation skills. This…

Introduction: Emotions aroused regarding a situation, frequently depend on how this situation is appraised or interpreted (Joormann, Yoon & Siemer, 2010). Interpretations are often habitual and repetitive, and as a result they are classified as biases (Hirsh et al., 2016). Negative Interpretation Bias (NIB) is a transdiagnostic feature describing the habit of interpreting ambiguous situations as negative or threatening (Garland & Howard, 2013). These biases have been proposed to be automatic,…

For racial minorities, chronic perceived discrimination is stressful and leads to mental and physical changes (Pascoe & Richman, 2009). Perceived discrimination and experiences with racism change neural emotion circuits, which may contribute to the race gap in achievement (Johns et al., 2008). The mere anticipation of racial discrimination can create a stress response (Sawyer et al., 2012). When discrimination is perceived, the threat response is activated leading to increases in both…

Many people tend to stray away from autistic individuals. They find them tedious or a handful. When accompanying them, there must be patience. They tend to take a while to answer back and will be overwhelmed with questions you ask them. (n.a., 2012) Even through these struggles, Stephen Wiltshire achieved success with his artwork. Stephen is from London, England and has been interested in art ever since he was a young child. Stephen improved in many tasks like being independent, making…

According to the article of ‘How Fear Works’ by Julia Layton (2012), it is stated that fear could be characterized as a general unconscious feeling of unpleasantness or could be more complicated, or complex emotion such as anxiety and externalized fear. Besides, regarding to ‘The Psychology of Fear’, fear could also be phobias which are persistent pathological fears directed towards specific objects and situations (Roy, 2010). When fear comes with reactions of body, it causes strong emotional…

It is found in children, adolescents, and adults, anxiety disorders are one of the most common psychological problems. Those who go without any form of treatment have found to encounter long term complications (Miller et al. 2010). Anxiety disorders affect nearly 10% of all children and adolescents (McLoone et al., 2006). Most anxiety disorders are prevalent in a school setting (McLoone et al., 2006). Educators and other leaders should provide students who suffer from anxiety disorders…

Anxiety disorders that have developed in children, teens, and young adults make simple and normal daily activities a lot more complicated than they are for people without an anxiety disorder. An anxiety disorder is defined as “when a child or adult worries most of the time about many things-things that have happened in the past, the present, or in the future.” (kidsmentalhealth.org 2009.) Anxiety disorders interfere with daily activities and simple tasks that most everybody does, like going to…

Anxiety Disorders are discussed in Chapter 14. Generalized Anxiety Disorder is something that I can relate to. I worry a lot and I worry about things I can’t control or already happened. This definition is very similar to what I have been experiencing for quite a while. I am not trying to diagnosis myself based on this definition. With this being my first year of college and being away from family, I worry a lot more and about things I never used to. It got to the point where my mom called the…