What is Anxiety?

Anxiety characterised by feelings of worry, anxiety or fear that are strong enough to interfere with one's daily activities. Examples of anxiety disorders include panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder. Symptoms include stress that's out of proportion to the impact of the event, inability to set aside a worry and restlessness.

How to Diagnose GAD (Generalized Anxiety Disorder)

Depression is more than just sadness. The difference doesn’t lie in the extent to which a person feels low rather it is a combination of factors relating to the duration of negative feelings, other symptoms, bodily impact, and the effect upon the individual’s ability to function in daily life.

When assessing for GAD, clinical professionals are looking for the following:

The presence of excessive anxiety and worry about a variety of topics, events, or activities. Worry occurs more often than not for at least six months and is clearly excessive.

The worry is experienced as very challenging to control. The worry in both adults and children may easily shift from one topic to another.

The anxiety and worry are accompanied by at least three of the following physical or cognitive symptoms (In children, only one of these symptoms is necessary for a diagnosis of GAD):

Edginess or restlessness

Tiring easily; more fatigued than usual

Impaired concentration or feeling as though the mind goes blank

Irritability (which may or may not be observable to others)

Increased muscle aches or soreness

Detailed assessment of the patient will be done , root cause of anxiety will be found and treated accordingly. Emphasis will be on teaching progressive muscle relaxation , Guided imagery, Mindfulness & Meditations.

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