Generalized anxiety disorder

Analysis of: Loneliness Over Time: The Crucial Role of Social Anxiety This article studied the mental health symptoms of paranoia and social anxiety and their contribution to loneliness. Loneliness is said to be an emotional state that is characterized by subjective perceptions of social isolation and can be seen as a marker that one’s relationships may be inadequate or failing to meet expectations (Heinrich and Gullone, 2006). The research from population-based studies notes a higher…

Abnormal fear of dogs is also known as cynophobia. It is categorized as a specific phobia, under anxiety disorders. Since dogs are popular pets, cynophobia sufferers face a large number of anxiety triggers. Symptoms Cynophobes experience anxiety at nothing more than thinking of a dog. Thus they feel compelled to avoid a number of places where "man's best-friend" might be. Consequently, the social interactions of cynophobes become limited. As is the case with any other type of phobia, the…

does. Furthermore, Zimmerman’s (2001) statistic shows that self-efficacy is more predictable for academic performance than outcome expectancies. What is more, according to Zimmerman that Bandura considers those who have internal control would cause anxiety in activities with a limited time. Self-efficacy has a stronger positive relationship with performance than its close concepts, because self-efficacious students tend to, with more efforts putting, harder tasks choices, self-regulation, lower…

The word Phobia is from Latin and directly from Greek, meaning “panic fear of” or “fear”. Phobia is a term used to describe an irrational or excessive fear of a particular object or situation. Phobias can be acquired through classical conditioning, which is when two stimuli are repeatedly paired. People who have a phobia are constantly alert to threatening stimuli. There are hundreds of different phobias in the world and they each have their own name. Almost everyone has been afraid of…

A phobia is an anxiety disorder. A phobia causes one to have a fear of certain objects or a setting which results in avoidance and can aggravate anxiety. Arachnophobia is the phobia of spiders and can start as young as infancy in girls. (infant article) In the article, Does women’s greater fear of snakes and spiders originate in infancy shows a study that is done to see the reactions of boy and girl infants, where they are being shown pictures of happy and fear faces, along with pictures of…

are panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. These two mental disorders are alike because in order to be diagnosed with either one of these, the patient must have: a persistent concern or worry about additional panic attacks or their consequences, a significant change in behavior related to the disorder, the disturbances is not attributable to the physiological effects of a substance or another medical condition, and the disturbance is not better explain by another mental disorder…

refers to different symptoms characterizing diverse anxiety disorders, for example panic disorder (e.g., suddenly feeling fearful for no reason), social phobia (e.g., fear of social or performance situations), or generalized anxiety (e.g., excessive and uncontrollable worry, irritability). Heterogeneity in anxiety symptoms and disorders is presented in the literature, the immense majority of which includes multiple measures of individual anxiety symptoms, such as “irritability” or “feelings of…

Just as cell phones today have the capability of sending text messages to one another, so do standard household phones. With this text messaging available, the hearing impaired can communicate just as any other. Technology has made it capable to transmit not just the spoken word, but also the written word through telephone lines. Now that television shows and movies are equipped with the technology to include closed captioning, the hearing-impaired can view them. Listening devices can now be…

many psychological disorders is anxiety, meaning Holden gets stressed and worried when making decisions, however, this has not stopped him from making decisions with severe consequences. One of the key themes of the book his Holden’s constant battle between maturity and immaturity. Holden manages to try to act mature, however, Holden fails to keep up his maturity. Holden’s depression and anxiety are some of his main struggles that are stopping him from maturing. Holden’s anxiety stops him from…

Through human history, fear was used on several occasions to have domination over a group of people. Indeed, according to psychologists, it can be defined as vital response to physical and emotional danger. It is an emotion encountered by every human being. However, people’s reactions to fear may vary. Indeed, they range from the loss of rationality to an increase ability to adapt in extreme conditions. Prominent authors have written books discussing the theme of fear. Indeed, William Golding…