Research About Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety disorders are mental illnesses that can prevent people from going about their daily lives. Diseases strike people with fear and worry, but with therapy, people may control the symptoms and resume normal activities (Kennedy & Barlow, 2017). These disorders and their associated symptoms vary, but the most frequent are panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

GAD is caused by continuous and excessive worry about life and the future. Evidence suggests that the disease may be caused by a family history, life experiences, particularly stressful experiences. People who are stressed are likely to be concerned about money, family, and work health, among other things. GAD disorder diagnosis, a person loses control in worrying for more than six days and is associated with inadequate rest, muscle fatigue, the hardship in mental concentration and irritability. In any given year at least 3.1% of U.S. population is affected by GAD whereby women have the highest percentage as compared to men. Various ways to treat the disorder include supportive and interpersonal therapy. Cognitive-behavioral treatment that targets thoughts, physical signs and behaviors including avoiding the situation that may cause GAD (Hofmann, Asnaani, Vonk, Sawyer, & Fang, 2014).

Panic Disorder

Moreover, those people who get sudden panic attack and dominated by fear in a recurring manner have panic disorder. The disorder majorly starts at the age of 20 years although young children below this age can experience panic-like signs, for instance, the fearful spells. The disease is associated with the most common palpitations, sweating, trembling and feeling of chocking. In a given year at least 2 percent of U.S. population has the disorder although women have the more significant percentage. The disease is highly responsive to treatment however many people do not realize the fact, and they end up being embarrassed even to share with their doctors or even their friends (Kennedy & Barlow, 2017).

Overcoming Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety disorder can affect every human being if they allow falling into stressful situations. The individuals with the disease undergo treatment and go back to the regular life situation. Although, if not treated can result in permanent mental disorder and therefore, people should not fear to share their cases with friends or their doctors to reduce chances of getting these disorders.

References

Hofmann, S. G., Asnaani, A., Vonk, I. J., Sawyer, A. T., & Fang, A. (2014). Erratum to: The Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: A Review of Meta-analyses. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 38(3), 368-368. doi:10.1007/s10608-013-9595-3

Kennedy, K. A., & Barlow, D. H. (2017). The Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders. Oxford Clinical Psychology. doi:10.1093/med-psych/9780190255541.003.0001