Alice had been diagnosed withGeneralized Anxiety Disorder. She sat paralyzed with fear, confined to home as her mind raced with worrying thoughts. Alice had experienced periods of anxiety before, and like most people she gradually got over it. But this was different; it started with her eldest ...
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 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...
Generalised anxiety disorder This is the most common anxiety disorder, and GAD is often what people mean when they say they have anxiety. People with GAD feel anxious and worried most of the time, not necessarily as a result of being in a stressful situation. They often expect the worst-cas...
Separation anxiety disorder (SAD) is defined in the DSM-5 as developmentally inappropriate and excessive fear or anxiety concerning separation from those to whom the individual is attached. The essential clinical features of separation anxiety are persistent and excessive worry about that losing major ...
I can’t say the same about anxiety, particularly generalised anxiety disorder. Severe anxiety is just as crippling as severe depression. Depression and anxiety aren’t in opposition: they’recomorbid, with a person who suffers from one being much more likely to suffer from both. ...
Anxiety Anxiety is the most common form of mental health disorder, impacting atleast 5% of the UK population. It’s a natural human response that occurs when we feel worried, afraid or tense, but can become a problem if it begins to affect your daily life. Find out moreabout anxietyinclud...
"Many people will struggle without being completely debilitated, so they don’t meet the criteria for an anxiety disorder, whether that’s generalised anxiety disorder or a panic disorder," she says. AdvertisementADVERTISEMENT For someone to be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, Morton says they ...
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 ...
Generalised PE PE might be ‘Generalised’, where it is a problem in every sexual context, e.g. during masturbation, foreplay with a partner and penetrative intercourse. Situational PE ‘Situational’ PE is when it only occurs in certain situations, e.g. during partnered sex, rather than solo...