Anxiety Disorders

Yasmine Aguilera Noah Jacobo

What Are Anxiety Disorders?

• Anxiety- feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about a certain situation or event

• Last more than 6 months• Can have panic attacks • Affect more than 40 million American

adults

What Are The Types Of Anxiety Disorders?

• Panic disorder• Obsessive-compulsive disorder• Post-traumatic stress disorder• Social anxiety disorder• Specific phobias• Generalized anxiety disorder

Symptoms

• Uncontrollable obsessive thoughts• Nightmares• Flashbacks of traumatic experiences• Repeated thoughts• Sleeping problems• Shortness of breath• Palpitations• Dry mouth• Nausea• Dizziness• Cold or sweaty hands/ feet• Muscle tension

How Does It Affect Peoples’ Lives?

• Become isolated from friends/ family• Avoid social and public

situations/events• Perform poorly at work or school• Always alert• Always nervous• Might not have social or romantic

relationships

Treatment

• Cognitive-behavioral therapy• Medication• Relaxation techniques - meditation - exercise - yoga• Exposure therapy• Stress inoculation therapy• Virtual reality therapy

Facts

• 6.8 million people suffer from generalized anxiety disorder

-women are twice as likely to get it• 7 million Americans suffer post-

traumatic stress disorder• Anxiety is genetic• All animals experience some type of

anxiety (fight or flight)• Possible to become immune to anxiety

Quiz

1) Who is more likely to be diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder?

2) What are the three treatments used for relaxation?

3) Do people with anxiety disorders usually have healthy romantic relationships?

4) True or False, a symptom of anxiety disorders is having sleeping problems?

5) True or False, does being nervous before a presentation mean you have an anxiety disorder?

6) What causes anxiety disorders?

7) Can anxiety disorders be cured completely? If so how?