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 ...
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...
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...
Generalised anxiety. Sexual problems. Self-destructive behaviour. Persistent psychological problems, disorders of identity. Psychosomatic disorders. Phobias. Obsessive compulsive disorders. What are the four key ideas of psychoanalytic theory? Psychoanalytic theory is based on a small number of key ideas, ...
"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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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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...