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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
Social Anxiety Disorder Affects Personal Relationships
By Jerilyn Ross, M.A., L.I.C.S.W. , Health Expert...called social phobia, is characterized by an intense fear of being humiliated, embarrassed, or... Read more »
Dental Phobia
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert...normal, whereas I was born too soon. Neither of us fear the dentist, but I am certainly more... Read more »
Social Anxiety Disorder Survey Reveals Severity of Impact of Widespread Disorder
By Kimberly Tyler , Health Expert...there is excessive self-consciousness and an intense fear of being scrutinized negatively. ... Read more »
Let's Talk About Sex
By Christina Lasich, MD , Health Expert...in pain. Feelings of guilt, anger, frustration and fear start to strain all forms of... Read more »
How to Win Friends and Influence People When You are a Depressed Introvert
By Merely Me , Health Expert...mainly extroverts who could not understand being fearful of something which they got so much... Read more »
Health Guide
Anxiety Disorders: Causes
...in anxiety disorders is focusing on changes in the amygdala, which is sometimes referred to as the "fear center." This part of the brain regulates fear, memory, and emotion and coordinates these... Read more »Anxiety Disorders: Other Treatments
...then return it the next day. As the patient performs this action, he or she observes any unrealistic fears and thoughts triggered by such an event.As the patient continues with self-observation,... Read more »Heart Attack and Acute Coronary Syndrome: Rehabilitation
...particularly in people who had exercised regularly before the attack. In any case, the feelings of intimacy and love that accompany healthy sex can help offset depression, a far greater risk for a... Read more »Anxiety Disorders: Risk Factors
...anxiety. In fact, such traits may be biologically based and due to a hypersensitive amygdala -- the "fear center" in the brain.Family History and Dynamics. Anxiety disorders run in families.... Read more »Anxiety Disorders: Medications
...DrugsGlucocorticoids. Scientists are investigating whether the stress hormone cortisol can help reduce fear in people with phobias. In a preliminary research study, a cortisone drug helped reduce... Read more »Images
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