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Anxiety Disorders: Diagnosis & Tests Causes

Anxiety disorders can be diagnosed and treated through various methods. A psychologist or psychotherapist can help diagnose the specific disorder and recommend treatment options like medications, therapy, or natural remedies. Common treatments include antidepressants, antianxiety medications, therapy to develop coping skills, and hypnosis. Anxiety disorders range in severity from mild occasional anxiety to severe panic attacks, and can be caused by drugs, stress, genetics, or traumatic experiences.

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Anxiety Disorders: Diagnosis & Tests Causes

Anxiety disorders can be diagnosed and treated through various methods. A psychologist or psychotherapist can help diagnose the specific disorder and recommend treatment options like medications, therapy, or natural remedies. Common treatments include antidepressants, antianxiety medications, therapy to develop coping skills, and hypnosis. Anxiety disorders range in severity from mild occasional anxiety to severe panic attacks, and can be caused by drugs, stress, genetics, or traumatic experiences.

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Treatment

Anxiety
disorders

Diagnosis &
Tests
With the help of a psychologist or
psychotherapist, you can find out
whats wrong. This diagnosis will
lead you on the path to treatment.

Causes
>Drugs
>Stress
>Genetic

Medications
-Antidepressants, antianxiety,
antipsychotic and stimulant medications
are all prescribed for anxiety disorders.
Therapy
-Work through problems, develop coping
skills, and gain greater sense of control
over your life.
Hypnosis
-This therapy helps people overcome
phobias, fears, and anxiety
Natural remedies
-This therapy helps people overcome
phobias, fears, and anxiety

Levels of Anxiety
Generalized
anxiety
is a common, chronic
disorder characterized
by long-lasting anxiety
that is not focused on
any one object or
situation. Those
suffering from
generalized anxiety
disorder experience
non-specific persistent

Post-traumatic stress
disorder
is an anxiety disorder that
results from a traumatic
experience. Post-traumatic
stress can result from an
extreme situation, such as
combat, natural disaster,
rape, hostage situations, ch
ild abuse, bullying, or even
a serious accident

Phobias
Is the single largest
category of anxiety
disorders is that of phobic
disorders, which includes
all cases in which fear and
anxiety is triggered by a
specific stimulus or

Mild anxiety- is a sensation


that something is different
and warrants special
attention
Moderate anxiety- is the
disturbing feeling that
something is definitely
wrong; the person becomes
nervous and agitated
Severe anxiety- has trouble
thinking and reasoning
Panic anxiety- the
emotional-psychomotor
realm predominates with

Obsessivecompulsive
disorder
is a type of anxiety disorder
primarily characterized by
repetitive obsessions (distres
sing, persistent, and intrusive
thoughts or images)
and compulsions (urges to

Panic disorder
With panic disorder, a
person suffers from
brief attacks of intense
terror and
apprehension, often
marked by trembling,
shaking, confusion,

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diagnosis & test

Treatment

levels of anxiety

Causes

types of anxiety

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