Anxieties Of Anxiety Research Paper

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Do you have anxiety? If so do you know the effective treatment? The Psychologists at the American Psychological Association in Washington D.C. have recently published an online article called Anxiety Disorders and effective Treatment, which can be found at http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/anxiety-treatment.aspx. This Article focuses on the types of anxieties that there are and there treatments. The anxieties they focus on are General Anxiety, Panic Disorder, Phobias, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder.
The textbook discusses Anxiety Disorders in Chapter 14 (Psychological Disorders) and there Effective Treatments are discussed in Chapter 15 (Therapy). Just like in the book, the website states the following about …show more content…

The reason for these feelings often are difficult to identify. The symptoms that come with Generalized Anxiety Disorder often are jittery, on edge, and sleep deprived. Concentration is often found to be difficult as the mind switches from one worry to another. The tension may become exposed through doing things such as twitching eyelids, sweating, trembling of the hands and knees, and squirming.
Panic Disorder is an anxiety disorder that is sudden and unpredictable, minutes-long episodes of terror or fear of something specific, which are often accompanied by chest pains, shortness of breath, choking, and other frightening sensations. Panic attacks are often misread as heart attacks or other serious illnesses. Some Symptoms of Panic Disorder are Sweating, trembling of hands and knees, numbness and tingling, and the feeling as if you are about to …show more content…

Obsessive thoughts are unwanted and very repetitive as if they will never end. Compulsive behaviors are responses to those thought. Although obsessive and compulsive thoughts and behaviors are a disorder they also are a part of everyday life. Some examples of OCD are checking the door to see if it is locked not once, but ten times, or constantly washing your hands in fear of them coming in contact with germs is the compulsive aspect of OCD. The thought of the door not being locked or the constant worry about the germs you come in contact with is the obsessive aspect of OCD. OCD is becoming more commonly found among teens and young

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