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Write short notes on the following:
Anxiety disorders
Short Note
Solution
- In anxiety disorders, a person feels nervous or worried for a long time without any obvious reason and it starts interfering with his daily life.
- There are many sub-varieties of anxiety disorders such as generalised anxiety disorder and phobia.
- In generalised anxiety disorder, a person experiences intense tension which interferes with his daily routine as well as work performance.
- Some of the symptoms of generalised anxiety disorder are extreme fear of the unknown, increased heartbeats, irritability, frequent headaches, frequent worry, lack of sleep, the sensation of vomiting, uneasiness, breathlessness, and blackouts.
- These symptoms should be present for at least four weeks in children and for six months in adults to diagnose any individual suffering from an anxiety disorder
- Phobia is an intense and irrational fear of some objects or situations experienced for more than six months.
- There are various subtypes of phobias like Specific Phobia, Social Phobia, Agoraphobia, etc.
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