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Disorders Project-psychology

Published on Nov 23, 2015

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ANXIETY

A FEELING OF APPREHENSION OR NERVOUSNESS
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GENERALIZED ANXIETY

PERSISTANT, UNEXPLAINED FEELINGS OF APPREHENSION & TENSENESS
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SYMPTOMS

  • Restlessness
  • Feeling on edge
  • Muscle tention
  • Sleep disturbance
  • Difficulty concentrating
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CAUSES

  • Genetic
  • Hyperthyroidism
  • Medicines that contain amphetamines
  • Illegal drugs, like cocaine
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HOW COMMON

  • Roughly 4 million americans
  • Most common kind of anxiety
  • 5% of people will develop GAD
  • Usually begins in your early 20s
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GENERALIZED ANXIETY CAN...

  • Stop you from going to work
  • Stop you from going out in public
  • Destroy your confidense
  • Destroy your ability to concentrate
  • Make you feel that something bad will happen
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PHOBIA

DISRUPTIVE IRRATIONAL FEARS OF OBJECTS, ACTIVITIES, OR SITUATIONS
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SYMPTOMS

  • Panic attacks
  • Shaking
  • Sweating
  • Rapid heart beat
  • Desire to escape the situation you're in
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CAUSES

  • Trauma
  • Genetics
  • Culture
  • Drastic life events
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HOW COMMON

  • Phobias affect roughly 10% of adults
  • Most common: fear of spiders
  • More common than other anxiety disorders
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PHOBIAS CAN....

  • Cause you to lose your job
  • Cause you to lose friends/family
  • Cause you to fail school
  • Cause you to become an alcoholic
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OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER(OCD)

UNWANTED, REPETITIVE THOUGHTS OR ACTIONS
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SYMPTOMS

  • Fear of germs
  • Eating foods in a specific order
  • Fear of evil thoughts
  • Repetitive bathing
  • Constant counting
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CAUSES

  • Stress
  • Abuse
  • Genes
  • Thoughts get 'stuck' in the brain
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HOW COMMON

  • 1 in 50 have OCD
  • More than 2% of people have OCD
  • More people suffer from OCD than depression
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HOW OCD EFFECTS YOUR LIFE

  • Obsessions can make you feel anxious
  • OCD can make you depressed
  • OCD can put you in great amounts of distress
  • OCD affects family relationships
  • OCD 'rituals' can make you believe you're crazy
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POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER(PRSD)

RELIVING AN UPSETTING, UNWANTED, RECURRING MEMORIES AND DREAMS
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SYMPTOMS

  • Reliving traumatic events
  • Avoiding people, places, situations involved in trauma
  • Increased emotion
  • Jumpy
  • Persistent fear
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CAUSES

  • Dangerous crashes
  • Loss of a loved one
  • Rape
  • War/combat
  • Bad weather
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HOW COMMON

  • 7-8% of people will face PTSD
  • Women are more likely to experience PTSD
  • Everyone goes through some level of PTSD in their lifetime
  • 5.2million adults suffer from PTSD yearly
  • More soldiers experience PTSD
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PTSD CAN....

  • Cause trust issues
  • Cause you to believe you are crazy
  • Cause depression
  • Make you feel distant/numb
  • Cause anger

Carly Limoli