National Institute of Mental Health: "Role of Research in Improving the Understanding and Treatment of Anxiety Disorders." National Institute of Mental Health: "Treatment of Anxiety Disorders." National Institute of Mental Health: "How to Get Help for Anxiety Disorders." Sherman, K. Depression and...
Some degree of performance anxiety is common, if not universal, but disabling symptoms may necessitate professional intervention. Medical treatment is aimed primarily at the physiologic manifestations of performance anxiety, which represent increased sympathetic nervous system activity. While many approaches ...
TreatmentAnxiety disorders are debilitating psychological disorders characterized by a wide range of cognitive and somatic symptoms. Anxiety sufferers have a higher lifetime prevalence of various medical problems. Chronic medical conditions furthermore increase the likelihood of psychiatric disorders and ...
Medicines may be part of your treatment plan. Some newer antidepressant drugs work well to lower anxiety. It may take about 4 weeks to feel better. Your doctor might prescribe a benzodiazepine during this time or for a short while. Some of these drugs carry a risk of dependence. Sometimes,...
Fears about medical treatment may influence decisions about undergoing a treatment. respectively the timing of treatment. It is supposed that these fears can be measured by means of a questionnaire. Therefore, an instrument was developed to measure general medial anxiety (the GMA index). This index...
Verdurmen, Medical anxiety and the choice for treatment: The development of an instrument to measure fear of treatment, Psychology of Health 14 (1999), pp. 927-935.Van Balen, F., & Verdurmen, J. (1999). Medical anxiety and the choice for treatment: The development of an instrument to...
In order to understand the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety, it is helpful to have a basic understanding of its symptoms. SOMATIC. The somatic or physical symptoms of anxiety include headaches,dizzinessor lightheadedness, nausea and/or vomiting, diarrhea, tingling, pale complexion, sweating, numb...
1.Synonym(s):antianxiety agent. 2.Denotingtheactionsofsuchanagent(e.g.,diazepam). [anxiety+ G.lysis,adissolutionorloosening] MedicalDictionaryfortheDentalProfessions©Farlex2012 Patient discussion about anxiolytic Q.Cananyonesuggestatreatmentforplantarfasciitis,apartfromultrasound,physio,anti-inflammatoryage...
Self-Concept Discrepancy Theory: A Psychological Model for Distinguishing among Different Aspects of Depression and Anxiety domain of the self (i.e., the "actual" self, the "ideal" self, or the "ought" self) combined with a particular standpoint on that self (i.e., the subject's "own"...
摘要: Comments on anxiety in medical patients. Abnormal versus adaptive anxiety; Detection of anxiety and panic; Treatment of anxiety and panic, including effective communication and behavioural treatments; Role of specialist treatment in brief psychological therapies....