Kinesiology 2276F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Autonomic Nervous System, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, National Comorbidity Survey
11 Dec 2015
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Pathological counterpart of normal fear, manifest by disturbances of mood, as well as thinking, behaviour, and physiological activity. ": about 15-20% of the population has an anxiety disorder. ** characteristics of main anxiety disorders in textbook (panic disorder, agoraphobia, social phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder) National comorbidity survey, 1994: 18. 7% of us adult population will have a diagnosable anxiety disorder. Epidemiological catchment area study, 1993: 13. 1% of population will have an anxiety disorder. Us dept. of health and human services, 1999: 16. 4% of population will have an anxiety disorder. Changes in cognitive (obsessions, compulsions, irrational fear of objects or situations) Anxiety is characterized by worry, self-doubt, nervousness, and tension. When anxiety disrupts thought processes and behaviour so much that normal behaviour is disrupted, it becomes clinical. Clinical anxiety is distinguished from normal" anxiety based on the number and intensity of symptoms, degree of suffering, and degree of dysfunction. Medications: tranquilizers and antidepressants: can be costly, have side effects.
