Anxiety disorder: types, causes, treatment, symptoms etc.

1. By: Trevene
Morgan

2. Thesis Statement
What is anxiety disorder? the types of anxiety
disorders and there causes and treatment and
how the affect university students.

3. What is Anxiety Disorder?
It's natural to worry during stressful times. But some
people feel tense and anxious day after day, even
when there is little to worry about.

4. Anxiety vs. Anxiety Disorder
Anxiety is a normal human emotion that everyone
experiences. People feel anxious. Anxiety disorders,
however, are different. They can cause such distress
that it interferes with a person's ability to lead a normal
life. An anxiety disorder is a serious mental illness. For
people with anxiety disorders, worry and fear are
constant and overwhelming, and can be crippling.

5. Causes of Anxiety Disorder
The exact cause of anxiety disorder is unknown. However Various
studies have shown that:
1. Anxiety runs in the families, which means it can be inherited from
tone or both parents.
2. Environmental factors (such as a trauma or significant event) may
trigger an anxiety disorder in people.

6. Symptoms of Anxiety
Disorder
• Feelings of panic, fear, and uneasiness
• Problems sleeping
• Cold or sweaty hands and/or feet
• Shortness of breath
• Heart palpitations
• Chills or hot flashes

7. Symptoms of Anxiety
Disorder
• An inability to be still and calm
• Dry mouth
• Numbness or tingling in the hands or feet
• Nausea
• Muscle tension
• Dizziness

8. Types of Anxiety Disorder
•Generalized Anxiety Disorder
•Social Anxiety Disorder
•Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
•Phobia
•Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

9. Generalized Anxiety Disorder
This disorder involves excessive, unrealistic
worry and tension, even if there is little or
nothing to provoke the anxiety. When this lasts
for six months or longer, it may be generalized
anxiety disorder or GAD.

10. Social anxiety disorder involves overwhelming
worry and self-consciousness about everyday
social situations. The worry often centres on a
fear of being judged by others, or behaving in a
way that might cause embarrassment or lead to
ridicule.

11. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Rape, abuse, physical assaults, accidents, or a
natural disaster can lead to this type of
anxiety. Symptoms include vivid flashbacks and
a loss of interest in activities that were once
enjoyable.

12. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
People with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
have troubling thoughts they can't control. Some
people feel that they must perform senseless rituals.
Common compulsions include excessive hand-
washing and locking the door repeatedly.

13. Phobias
The word phobia comes from the Greek word for flight, and
terror.

14. Causes
• Traumatic events, like almost drowning can cause a
person to be afraid of water.
• Childhood events are the leading causes of phobias.

15. Eg. Howard Hughes
Near the end of his life, He was so afraid of germs (mysophobia) that
he burned his clothes if someone near him got sick, and wore tissue
boxes on his feet to protect them.
His phobia probably began in his childhood, when his mother checked
him every day for diseases.

17. 1.If you have arachibutyrophobia, you are afraid of:
a) Peanut butter
b) Large buildings
c) Museums
Answer: A
People with this phobia are afraid of peanut butter sticking
to the roof of their mouths.

18. You may have a phobia if you lose:
a) Your phone
b) Your wallet
c) Your keys
Answer: A) your phone
Nomophobia

19. Which would scare people with agoraphobia?
a) being alone in a house
b) Being around a cat
c) Standing in line at a bank
Answer: People who have this phobia are afraid of being
trapped in a busy place, such as a bank, with no way to get out
easily.

20. What is triskaidekaphobia?
a) Fear of the bicycle
b) Fear of the number 13
c) Fear of robots
Answer: B the number 13

21. Phartophobia - fear of passing gas in public

22. Peladophobia - fear of bald people

23. True or False:
Can you have a phobia of having phobia?
Answer: If you are afraid of getting a phobia, you might have
phobophobia.

24. Panic Disorder
People with this condition have feelings of terror that
strike suddenly and repeatedly with no warning. Panic
attacks is associated with all the other types of
Anxiety

25. Panic Attack
1. Sweating
2. chest pain
3. palpitations (unusually strong or irregular heartbeats)
4. feeling of choking
5. Feelings which may make the person feel like he or she is having a
heart attack or "going crazy."

26. It cannot be prevented but they are:
1. Avoid caffeine and alcohol
2. Check over the counter medication that many
chemicals that can increase anxiety symptoms
3. Seek counselling and support if you start to
regularly feel anxious with no apparent cause.
Can Anxiety Disorder be prevented?

27. Confrontation
Confronting a phobia could make it worse. Therapists
recommend that people face their fears slowly, over time.
For example, someone afraid of flying would work up to
getting on a flight.
Other phobia treatments focus on changing negative
thoughts and behaviours.

28. Treatments

29. Medication
Drugs used to reduce the symptoms of anxiety
disorders include anti-depressants and anxiety-
reducing drugs.

30. Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy addresses the emotional response to mental
illness. It is a process in which trained mental health
professionals help people by talking through strategies for
understanding and dealing with their disorder.

31. Cognitive-behavioural therapy: This is a particular
type of psychotherapy in which the person learns to
recognize and change thought patterns and
behaviours that lead to troublesome feelings.

32. Relaxation therapy
Relaxation techniques that would help to release

33. Dietary and lifestyle changes
For people who have anxiety disorders, the food they eat causes
anxiety attacks. For example, alcoholic beverage, unrefined sugars
Other foods depend on how much you understand you own anxiety. If
you have panic attacks, you may want to avoid coffee, because coffee
can increase your heart rate and trigger an attack. But if you have
more general anxiety, coffee may actually be beneficial.