NURS 3130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 25: Separation Anxiety Disorder, Wilhelm Hauff, Suicidal Ideation
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Anxiety is an unavoidable human condition that takes many forms and serves different purposes. Anxiety can be positive and can motivate one to act, or it can produce paralyzing fear, causing inaction. Normal anxiety is described as being of realistic intensity and duration for the situation and is followed by relief behaviors intended to reduce or prevent more anxiety (peplau, 1989). Normal anxiety response is appropriate to the situation and can be used to help the individual identify which underlying problem has caused the anxiety. Keyconcepts anxiety is an uncomfortable feeling of apprehension or dread that occurs in response to internal or external stimuli; it can result in physical, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral symptoms. Physiologic arousal, or the fight-or-flight response, is the signal that an individual is facing a threat. Cognitive processes decipher the situation and decide whether the perceived threat should be approached or avoided. Coping strategies are used to resolve the threat.
