Anxiety Disorders

Question: Illustrate how it works? Answer: Anxiety disorder is a type of mental illness that can give rise to excessive distress. As Fusar-Poli et al. (2014) stated that, it interferes with the ability of people to lead normal life. There are mainly four examples of anxiety disorders can be found. They are such as panic disorder, specific phobias, and social anxiety disorders and generalized anxiety disorder. As Cuijpers et al. (2014) mentioned that, symptoms of panic disorder are like mental panic, muscle tension, dizziness, nausea and heart palpitation. It can occur due to a combination of factors such as environmental stress and changes in brain. Reference list Cuijpers, P., Sijbrandij, M., Koole, S. L., Andersson, G., Beekman, A. T., Reynolds, C. F. (2014). Adding psychotherapy to antidepressant medication in depression and anxiety disorders: a metaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ analysis.World Psychiatry,13(1), pp.56-67. Fusar-Poli, P., Nelson, B., Valmaggia, L., Yung, A. R., McGuire, P. K. (2014). Comorbid depressive and anxiety disorders in 509 individuals with an at-risk mental state: impact on psychopathology and transition to psychosis.Schizophrenia bulletin,40(1), pp.120-131.