In which of the following anxiety disorders is the person in a continuous state of excessive, po

In which of the following anxiety disorders is the person in...

Key Concepts

Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety disorders are a group of mental health conditions marked by excessive, persistent fear, worry, and apprehension that interfere with daily activities and well-being. They encompass various types of disorders that differ in their focus and symptoms but generally share the common feature of abnormal anxiety responses.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is a specific type of anxiety disorder characterized by a continuous state of excessive and often seemingly pointless worry and apprehension about everyday issues. This condition is distinguished by its pervasive and chronic nature, making it difficult for affected individuals to control their anxiety and resulting in significant distress and impairment.

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00:01 All right, so this question is asking, in which of the following anxiety disorders is the person in a, is a person in a continuous state of excessive, pointless worry and apprehension? we're given four orders, all of which are types of anxiety disorders, a, being panic disorder, b, generalized anxiety disorder, c, agoraphobia, and d, social anxiety disorder.

00:26 So when looking at sort of these, i guess in general, generally speaking, these questions asking about different types of a specific category of a disorder, you really want to remember keywords and qualifiers for each specific disorder.

00:50 So i'm going to kind of focus on d or c and d for a moment.

00:58 We see here in agoraphobia, i know it's pretty much common knowledge to know what a phobia is.

01:03 The phobia is anything that you're scared of, any fear of.

01:07 Agoraphobia, agorah specifically meaning fear of the marketplace.

01:11 But agoraphobia, i guess, today means the fear of any busy or enclosed space that would then sort of cause some sort of adverse.

01:29 Reaction.

01:33 And with that being said, agoraphobia is kind of its own separate anxiety disorder when talking about specific phobias.

01:42 And just to repeat that again, because i was saying it off the top of my head, someone with agoraphobia might want to avoid situations that might be difficult to escape, but when faced with it would lead to symptoms of a panic.

01:59 Attack.

02:01 So these spaces would be like public places, public transportation, anywhere where there's a big crowd, or just simply being outside of the home alone.

02:12 And you can imagine how impairing that gets.

02:16 Followed by social anxiety disorder, which kind of gets at that same idea where one with social anxiety disorder has this persistent and extreme fear of any social situations where they could be or where in which they can evaluate to be, to cause harm for them or others may negatively affect them.

02:38 And those two are kind of similar in a way because it really deals with one being in social settings.

02:45 However, agoraphobia simply beyond on your own, where social anxiety disorder really talks about any sort of social interaction or social social situation.

02:55 So with that being said, the question is more of a very, it's rather general and it doesn't talk about any sort of social setting or any sort of public place or negatively affecting them.

03:11 So with that being said, agoraphobia and social anxiety disorder can be eliminated.

03:17 Excuse me, leaving us with panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder...

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