What Some Mental Effects Ocd Have
Health Encyclopedia: Anxiety Disorders Introduction
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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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Health Guide
Anxiety Disorders: Causes
...Breathing Functions. Many people, including children, with anxiety disorders are very sensitive to the effects of carbon dioxide (CO2). These people generally have higher than normal levels of... Read more »Anxiety Disorders: Risk Factors
...lived in the U.S., the greater was their risk for psychiatric problems. Traditional Mexican cultural effects and social ties, appear to protect recently arrived immigrants from mental illness,... Read more »Eating Disorders: Risk Factors
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