Transcript Anxiety Disorder

Anxiety Disorder
How many people do you
think in USA struggle from
some sort of an Anxiety
disorder?
• 4 to 6 million people in the
United States struggle from
some sort of anxiety disorder.
Name Different types of
Phobias
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Phobias
Obsessive-compulsive
Panic
Post-traumatic stress
disorders
•Do any of you have a
story that you would
like to share with the
class about a person
you know that struggles
with one of the four
anxiety disorders?
Phobia
• A phobia is something a person
fears to the point that they feel
they have to change how they
behave.
Types of Phobias
• One type of phobia, called specific phobia,
can involve fear of an object (like an elevator)
or a situation (like public speaking) that poses
little or no danger.
• Social Phobias can involve fear of being
embarrassed, looked at, or made fun of in
social or work situations
• With both of these phobias, the fear is
extreme and hard to control. Without
treatment, phobias can last many years and
affect a person's career, relationships, and
daily life activities. Both specific and social
phobias
How to treat Phobias
• Medication is available but not
the best way.
• Therapists can also help by
focusing the person with the
phobia on the main problem.
• The best way a person can treat
a phobia is overcome the
symptoms by sheer willpower.
Obsessive-compulsive
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Also known as OCD, is an anxiety disorder and is
characterized by recurrent, unwanted thoughts
(obsessions) and/or repetitive behaviors (compulsions).
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Repetitive behaviors such as:
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These are performed with the hope of preventing obsessive
thoughts or making them go away.
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Performing these so-called "rituals," however, provides only
temporary relief, and not performing them
• Hand washing
• counting
• Checking
• cleaning
Signs & Symptoms
• People with OCD:
• may be plagued by persistent,
unwelcome thoughts or images, or
by the urgent need to engage in
certain rituals.
• They may be obsessed with germs
or dirt, and wash their hands over
and over.
• They may be filled with doubt and
feel the need to check things
repeatedly.
Treatments
• OCD is not usually curable, but it is
highly treatable, in that effective
treatment can greatly reduce the
occurrence of obsessive thoughts
and compulsive rituals.
• A combination of behavior therapy
and medication seems to offer the
best long-term improvement.
Panic disorder
• Experience white-knuckled heartpounding terror that strikes suddenly
and without warning.
• Since they cannot predict when a
panic attack will seize them, many
people live in persistent worry that
another one could overcome them at
any moment.
Symptoms
• Pounding heart, chest pains,
lightheadedness or dizziness,
nausea, shortness of breath,
shaking or trembling, choking,
fear of dying, sweating, feelings
of unreality, numbness or
tingling, hot flashes or chills,
and a feeling of going out of
control or going crazy.
Treatment
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• medications such as high-potency antianxiety drugs like Alprazolam.
• A person can take a class to try to over
come Panic tests.
• Sometimes a COMPBINATION of THERAPY
and MEDICATION is the most effective
approach to.
• Proper treatment helps 70 to 90 percent of
people with panic disorder, usually within
six to eight weeks.
Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder
• Also known as PTSD, can develop after
exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in
which grave physical harm occurred or
was threatened.
• Traumatic events that may trigger PTSD
include:
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violent personal assaults
natural
human-caused disasters
accidents
military combat
Symptoms
• People with PTSD have
persistent frightening thoughts
and memories of their ordeal
and feel emotionally numb,
especially with people they
were once close to. They may
experience sleep problems, feel
detached or numb, or be easily
startled
Treatments
• Medication:
• Zoloft
• Paxil
• The person can also go to a
therapist. Forms of therapy:
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Psychodynamic psychotherapy
Exposure therapy
Cognitive therapy
Stress inoculation training
What are the forms of
anxiety we just went over?
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Phobias
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Panic
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Group Project
• Quiz (no grade)