Anxiety Disorder
A mental health disorder characterized by feelings of worry, anxiety, or fear that are strong enough to interfere with one’s daily activities
Examples of anxiety disorders include panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Symptoms include stress that’s out of proportion to the impact of the event, inability to set aside a worry, and restlessness.
Treatment includes counseling or medications, including antidepressants.
Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: W014
Diagnosis: Anxiety Disorder
US Patients: Now 12%
World Patients: Less than US, Europe
Sex Ratio: M, 2F
Age Onset: A15-35
Brain Area: amygdala, insula, cignulate, parabrachial area
Symptoms: Worrying, fast heart rate
Progression: depresion, poor sleep,poor quality of life, suicide
Causes: child abuse, family, poverty,exposure to solvents
Medications: antidepressants, benzodiazepines, beta-blockers
Therapies: CBT, Counseling
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- Prediction of generalized anxiety levels during the Covid-19 pandemic: A machine learning-based modeling approachby Faisal Mashel Albagmi on January 24, 2022
The rapid spread of the Covid-19 outbreak led many countries to enforce precautionary measures such as complete lockdowns. These lifestyle-altering measures caused a significant increase in anxiety levels globally. For that reason, decision-makers are in dire need of methods to prevent potential public mental crises. Machine learning has shown its effectiveness in the early prediction of several diseases. Therefore, this study aims to classify two-class and three-class anxiety problems early by...
- Assessment of community psycho-behavioral responses during the outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV): a cross-sectional studyby Doaa M Magdy on January 24, 2022
CONCLUSIONS: During the outbreak, more than half of the respondents rated the psychological impact as moderate anxiety. Thus, the psychological needs during the outbreak should be addressed appropriately. Our results highlight the need to promote protective personal health practices to interrupt the transmission of the (2019-nCoV) in the community. Therefore, educational public programs about preventive measures should be targeted at the identified groups with low current uptake of precautions.
- Neuroticism, Worry, and Cardiometabolic Risk Trajectories: Findings From a 40-Year Study of Menby Lewina O Lee on January 24, 2022
Background Anxiety is linked to elevated risk of cardiometabolic disease onset, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. We examined the prospective association of 2 anxiety facets, neuroticism and worry, with cardiometabolic risk (CMR) trajectories for 4 decades. Methods and Results The sample comprised 1561 men from an ongoing adult male cohort. In 1975, healthy men (mean age, 53 years [SD, 8.4 years]) completed the Eysenck Personality Inventory-Short Form neuroticism scale and a Worries...
- Depression, anxiety, and stress among inflammatory bowel disease patients during COVID-19: A UK cohort studyby Raphael P Luber on January 24, 2022
CONCLUSIONS: Although depression, anxiety, and stress among IBD patients during the pandemic were common, their frequency was similar to pre-pandemic rates and recent general population levels. Ensuring easy access to personalized risk information with targeted psychological support may mitigate psychological burden as patients reintegrate into society and deal with future COVID-19 waves.