Dealing With Anxiety Disorder
Health Encyclopedia: Anxiety Disorders Introduction
- Anxiety Disorders - Introduction
- Highlights
- Anxiety - Causes
- Anxiety - Risk Factors
- Complications
- Anxiety Diagnosis
- Treatment
Introduction
Fear and stress reactions are essential for human survival. They enable people to pursue important goals and to respond appropriately to danger. In a healthy individual, the stress response (fight, fright, or flight) is provoked by a genuine threat or challenge and is used as a spur for appropriate action.
An anxiety disorder, however, involves an excessive or inappropriate state of arousal characterized by feelings of apprehension, uncertainty, or fear. The word is derived from the L...
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Expert & Community Posts
Phobias in Children
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Coping with the Holidays
By Eileen Bailey , Health ExpertThis week, I decided to take a tour of Healthcentral.com and bring you information on dealing with... Read more »
National Anxiety Organizations in the USA and Canada
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert...of organizations dedicated to helping people with anxiety disorders: Anxiety Disorders... Read more »
Anxiety: Pervasive, and Often Untreated
By Lynne Taetzsch , Health ExpertAnxiety has always seemed such a “natural” part of life to me that I never thought of it as a... Read more »
Stress, Anxiety, and Exercise
By Jerilyn Ross, M.A., L.I.C.S.W. , Health Expert...according to the most recent ADAA survey on stress and anxiety disorders. During National... Read more »
Health Guide
When a Spouse Has Anxiety
...2006, Dr. Allan N. Schwartz, MentalHelp.net “When Your Partner Has an Anxiety Disorder”, 2005, Anxiety Disorders Association of America “When Your Spouse Has a Mental Illness: Coping... Read more »ADHD and Anxiety
...population are diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. These results would imply a high incident rate of anxiety disorders in children with ADHD. Some of the major symptoms of anxiety disorder... Read more »Anxiety in the Elderly
It was previously thought that as a person ages, the level of anxiety and the increase in anxiety disorders in the elderly decreased. According to the Anxiety Disorders Association of America,... Read more »ADAA on Social Anxiety
...shyness, but it is not uncommon for someone who is not shy at all to have social anxiety disorder. The Anxiety Disorders Association of America has an interactive website dedicated to social... Read more »Claustrophobia
...Medication Antidepressant medication is one of the most common prescription medication used to treat anxiety disorders. Medications known as beta-blockers may also be used to reduce specific... Read more »Images
Medications
...attacks, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress... Read more »
...reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) used to treat depression, anxiety disorders (panic attacks),... Read more »
Sertraline is used to treat depression, panic attacks, obsessive compulsive disorders,... Read more »
...reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) used to treat depression, anxiety disorders (panic attacks),... Read more »
Related News
Treating Childhood Mental Disorders
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Combo Therapy Best for Childhood Anxiety
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Anxiety Connected to Genes
August 18, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- It's clear people react differently to the same trauma. Some people just have a bad memory and others suffer from posttraumatic... Read summary »
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