If we go by the text, there are two definitions of abnormal behavior. They are:- Abnormality due to personal discomfort and abnormality due inefficient functionality. Abnormality due to personal discomfort is when a person’s behavior causes anxiety or stress in the person or causes harm to another. We all go through these moments of this type of behavior, when we say harsh words and hurt someone's feelings. But the main difference between a normal individual and a sick person is that a sick
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In general, an anxiety disorder involves having a feeling of dying or losing control. Symptoms such as heart pounding, shaking, breathing difficulty, and extreme fear can occur without any warning and can last for minutes or hours. Symptoms can also include chest pains, choking, abdominal pain (nausea), dizziness, dread, sweating and a desire to flee (Seligman, 2001). Some anxiety attacks are not precipitated by anything noticeable, and others might be triggered by individual situations such as
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General Anxiety Disorder Aloha Galimba HCA/240 June 30, 2013 General Anxiety Disorder can happen to anyone. It affects about 3.1 percent of Americans adults that are age 18 and older in a year (2013, National Institute of Mental Health). General Anxiety Disorder is diagnosed by its certain characteristics that is spanning for more than six months. Characteristics are as follows; worry about every day life, expect disaster at any given moment, can’t stop worrying about
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SAMPLE PREPARATION OUTLINE WITH COMMENTARY PREPARATION OUTLINE | COMMENTARY | Title : PANIC ATTACKSGeneral Purpose: To informOrder : Topical | Stating your general purpose, specific purpose and central idea as separate units before the text of the outline makes it easier to judge how well you have constructed the outline to achieve your purpose and to communicate your central idea. | Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the symptoms
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Unit 619 Understand mental health problems Describe the main types of mental ill health according to the psychiatric (DSM/ICD) classification system: mood disorders, personality disorders, anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, substance-related disorders, eating disorders, cognitive disorders MOOD DISORDERS BIPOLAR DISORDER In bipolar disorder, formerly known as manic-depression, there are swings in mood from elation to depression with no external cause. During the manic phase of this
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Construct Development and Scale Creation of Anxiety Alisa Lichtenstein PSYCH 525 June 8th, 2013 Dr. Robert Duncan Construct Development and Scale Creation of Anxiety Many types of anxiety disorders exist in individual’s and today’s society. The overwhelming burden of work, school, children, responsibilities, and other commitments often contribute to a general diagnosis of anxiety by a medical professional. People may be identified as having panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, post
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder What is the difference between fear and anxiety? Fear is when someone seems to face a serious threat to his or her well-being, the person may react in immediate state of alarm. With fear, the cause of the state of alarm is usually known or thought to be known. However, anxiety is “vague sense of being in danger” that cannot always be pin pointed to a definite cause (Comer, 2014). Anxiety disorders are the most common psychiatric disorder in the United States
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of the most prevalent disorders is Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, as of 2015, “GAD affects 6.8 million adults, or 3.1% of the U.S. population. . .” The causes of this and other anxiety disorders is an ongoing debate between psychologists, known as the nature versus nurture debate. Nature refers to one’s hereditary predisposition, meaning the genes passed down from your parents. Anxiety has been proven to be passed down from parent
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Introduction Generalized anxiety disorder affects around 6.8 million adults with women being twice more likely to be affected than men (Anxiety and Depression Association of American, 2010 -2016). Generalized anxiety disorder is defined by extreme, excessive anxiety which causes individuals to worry about ordinary life events with no apparent reasons for concern. Additionally, people who suffer from generalized anxiety disorder foresee trouble and always expect a disastrous event to occur
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Introduction I. Have you ever had trouble breathing, a tingling sensation in your arms, been really dizzy, and felt as if your heart is about to fly out of your chest? A. You might have had a panic attack. B. I myself suffer from panic attacks frequently. II. I have learned a lot about my condition over the past three years, and I did additional research for this speech. III. Today I would like to inform you about the nature of panic attacks, the people affected most
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