Category: Anxiety Disorder

Commonly anxiety is caused through environmental factors such as personal relationships, school, job, or financial predicament can contribute greatly to anxiety disorders. Anxiety plagues the mind by a constant state of worry, dread, and fear. This eventually would lead to domination over ones thought processes to the extent that it starts to interfere with daily…

Introduction Menopause is the final menstrual period, representing the loss of ovarian follicular function. The menopause starts after 12 months without a menstrual period. Most women have their natural menopause in their 40s or 50s. (1) Symptoms of menopause vary from one woman to another. As physical symptoms arising, mental health is also affected during…

Your palms are sweaty, your heart is racing, your knees are weak, and yet you stand there in front of everyone while they just blatantly stare at you. The sweat building up on your forehead drips into your eyes. You stutter, trying desperately to remember what you are supposed to speak about. Nothing comes to…

In general, when it comes to the biological aspect of anxiety there is still more to learn and examine. For example, there should be more studies that focus on the environment and other risk factors. Even though some risk factors indicate one specific sex there should be more for both sexes. Basic and clinical studies…

Mood disorder is an umbrella term used by both DSM and ICD classification. A mood disorder is any type of psychiatric illness that affects your mood. These disorders could be depressive disorders, manic or major, bipolar disorders, seasonal affective disorder, along with new modern terms such as Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder. All these disorders can…

Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) is a serious, debilitating condition which affects around 5% of the UKs population, therefore it is vital that the advice given by health care professionals to help cope with this disorder is accessible to all those who require it. Currently, once an individual is diagnosed with GAD, the main recommended treatment…

Commonly anxiety is caused through environmental factors such as personal relationships, school, job, or financial predicament can contribute greatly to anxiety disorders. Anxiety plagues the mind by a constant state of worry, dread, and fear. This eventually would lead to domination over ones thought processes to the extent that it starts to interfere with daily…

Introduction Menopause is the final menstrual period, representing the loss of ovarian follicular function. The menopause starts after 12 months without a menstrual period. Most women have their natural menopause in their 40s or 50s. (1) Symptoms of menopause vary from one woman to another. As physical symptoms arising, mental health is also affected during…

Your palms are sweaty, your heart is racing, your knees are weak, and yet you stand there in front of everyone while they just blatantly stare at you. The sweat building up on your forehead drips into your eyes. You stutter, trying desperately to remember what you are supposed to speak about. Nothing comes to…

In 2013, there were over 8 million cases of anxiety in the UK, with women being almost twice as likely as men to develop an anxiety disorder. This can come in many forms, from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), to obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and generalised anxiety disorder (GAD). However, while there are many psychological treatments…