Anxiety is actually useful when we are placed in a worrying situation as it encourages us to perform at our best. In evolutionary terms, it is part of our “fight or flight” response where hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol surge through our bodies in response to a threat and get u...
BackgroundThe prevalence of anxiety and depression symptoms in semi-elite Australian footballers is unknown. The primary objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) and depressive symptoms in semi-elite Australian Football players. Our secondary objective...
Anxiety is a feeling of unease, worry, or fear, ranging from mild to severe. We all get anxious occasionally, such as when we start a new job or when we encounter a stressful or uncertain situation, but general anxiety can be a condition all by itself, one which impacts thelives of...
GAD is disproportionately present in patients Conclusions GAD is an identifiable anxiety disorder that is associated with a significant burden of disability, the scale of which is comparable to that of MD. GAD, as a condition, has much in common with MD, with the majority of GAD patients ...
Generalised Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Phobias, OCD and PTSD. MENTAL DISORDERS. LEARNING TARGETS: Explain: How mental disorders are recognized. Identify: Four causes of mental disorders. Describe: Five types of anxiety. ANXIETY DISORDERS. GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER Definition: An anxiety disorde...
“We suggest that aversion to clusters is an evolutionarily prepared response towards a class of stimuli that resemble cues to the presence of parasites and infectious disease,” the researchers explain. “Trypophobia may be an exaggerated and overgeneralised version of this normally adaptive response....
However, there is currently limited research into whether climate anxiety is a form of more generalised anxiety or something distinct, and none that has been undertaken in the UK population. Identifying whether a correlation exists can assist psychologists in appropriate treatments, or conversely re...
a patient must experience chronic widespread pain for at least three months and have tenderness in at least 11 of the 18 designated tender points throughout the body. However, some healthcare professionals now use a newer diagnostic approach that focuses more on the presence of generalised pain ...
[14] Farrer LM, Gulliver A, Bennett K, Fassnacht DB & Griffiths KM (2016) Demographic and psychosocial predictors of major depression and generalised anxiety disorder in Australian university students. BMC Psychiatry, 16, 241, DOI 10.1186/s12888-016-0961-z ...
Quetiapine, sold under the brand name Seroquel, is a short-acting antipsychotic drug. It's used to treat schizophrenia, bipolar I disorder and as an add-on treatment for major depression and generalised anxiety disorder in people who haven't responded to