Anxiety Disorders: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment Interventions
Overview
This paper examines anxiety disorders as a mental health condition characterized by abnormal levels of fear, apprehension, worry, and nervousness. The research synthesizes current literature on the causes, symptoms, diagnostic criteria, and evidence-based treatment interventions for anxiety disorders, with emphasis on how the condition impairs cognitive functioning and daily activities.
What this literature review covers
- Introduction defining anxiety as normal emotion versus abnormal manifestation leading to mental dysfunction
- Causes of Anxiety Disorders reviewing comorbidity with autism spectrum disorder and musculoskeletal diseases
- Symptoms of Anxiety Disorders examining generalized anxiety disorder presentation across demographics including menopausal women
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Anxiety discussing DSM-V diagnostic principles and cognitive-behavioral versus relaxation therapy interventions
Preview
Topic/Proposed Title: Anxiety disorders
Introduction:
Anxiety is a normal emotion that is experienced by every person. However, there are instances when an individual experience abnormal levels of anxiety, which leads to mental discomfort. Anxiety disorder are characterized by fear, apprehensions, worry, and nervousness. The condition alters how an individual process certain emotion, which affects their behaviors and attitudes. Anxiety disorder is also characterized by increased blood pressure.
Purpose & Thesis Statement:
While anxiety is a normal emotion experienced by all people, abnormal levels lead to malfunctioning of the body systems. It affects the cognitive functioning of an individuals and renders them unable to handle their day-to-day tasks. The paper will research about anxiety disorder, its symptoms, diagnosis process, and treatment interventions.
Causes of Anxiety Disorders
- Postorino, V., Kerns, C. M., Vivanti, G., Bradshaw, J., Siracusano, M., & Mazzone, L. (2017). Anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder in individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Current psychiatry reports, 19(12), 1-8.
The article is essential because it offers a comprehensive review of the anxiety disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorders. The article supports the main point because it assists in understanding the causes of anxiety disorders.
- Heikkinen, J., Honkanen, R., Williams, L., Leung, J., Rauma, P., Quirk, S., & Koivumaa-Honkanen, H. (2019). Depressive disorders, anxiety disorders and subjective mental health in common musculoskeletal diseases: a review. Maturitas, 127, 18-25.
The article also presents a comprehensive analysis of anxiety disorder and subjective mental health. It is a review that outlines the causes, which assists in supporting the main point of the article.
Symptoms of Anxiety Disorders
- Huang, Y.