Anxiety Co-Occuring Disorder
The following paper gives information about the ailment known as anxiety and its relationship with co-occurring diseases. The paper also highlights the history of this disease and focuses on the important personalities involved in the discovery of this disease. The paper also incorporates a research on the topic and discusses the important findings of the research. The paper also gives the impacts of anxiety and co-occurring diseases on human demeanor and how do therapists deal with such people.
Anxiety
Human beings are faced with all sorts of stress in their lives. Anxiety is the reaction of a normal human to stress. This reaction, if in a limit, is beneficial as it helps the human brain to counter the stress. Excessive response is unnecessary and therefore it is harmful for human beings. For some people, anxiety becomes excessive and thus it is considered as anxiety disorder. Excessive anxiety is also difficult and sometimes even impossible to control and as a result, it impinges the day-to-day activities of the person who is faced with anxiety. (National Institute of Mental Health, n.d.)
History of Anxiety
Anxiety roots back to the beginning of human beings. The disorder known as anxiety is said to be present in human beings of all times. This is because of the relation of stress and thus anxiety with human beings. Anxiety was given different names in different ages. The ancient Greeks used to call it mania, paranoia and hysteria. It was not until the eighteenth century that the word anxiety came into use. Johann Reil, in 1808, used the term anxiety as the difference in the usual level of disappointment that a human being suffers from, as a result of shocks in finance or love, and the excessive level that is faced by the patient of anxiety disorder. (Stein and Hollander et al., 2010)
The first case of anxiety was diagnosed and cured by a Persian physician Avicenna in the eleventh century. The story is mentioned in the research of (Hajal, 1994) which is quoted in the research of (Stein and Hollander et al., 2010):
'..Avicenna was able to diagnose and cure a case of combined depression and anxiety -- known as "lovesickness" (ishk) -- in a young nobleman who was deeply in love with a woman he thought was "forbidden." ' (Stein and Hollander et al., 2010)
Avicenna was able to diagnose depression in anxiety by observing the changes in the pulse of the man whenever he talked to the man about anything related to the woman. This showed a relation between mental and physical illness as well. (Stein and Hollander et al., 2010)
Diagnosis of Anxiety
A patient suffering from anxiety can be faced with a compendium of multifarious syndromes. He might have to deal with several disorders at a time. The most common disorders that occur as a result of anxiety are generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, social anxiety disorder and specific phobias. (Reuschel, 2011)
The diagnosis of anxiety is mentioned and explained in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision. According to this manual, the physician has to be careful when checking any patient for anxiety. As anxiety incorporates mental and physical problems together, both aspects should be kept in mind. The physician must check for at least three symptoms of anxiety in adults whereas he should look for only one in case of children. (Reuschel, 2011)
There are numerous symptoms that indicate the presence of anxiety in a person. A patient of anxiety gets nervous and tensed about almost everything that is not ordinary. A patient finds himself in a continuous state of worry and is unable to control his worry most of the time. The patient may also feel afraid of normal things. This fear triggers the worry in the patient and makes him tensed. In addition to that, the patient may also be afraid of socializing and this affects his normal interactions with his social circle as well. The patient also feels restless and finds it difficult to sleep peacefully. Moreover, the patient may also suffer from muscle tension as well. (Casa Palmera, 2009)
Relation Between Anxiety and Co-occurring Disorders
Patients suffering from mental disorders increase the use of different substances in order to calm themselves. The patients of anxiety also prefer using alcohol and other substances in order to abate the symptoms and feel more relaxed. The use of substances does not improve the patient's condition. It only worsens it. The continuous use of drugs affects the patient's body negatively and as a result, the patient becomes unable to cope with the treatment as well. (Hazelden Foundation,...
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