Post traumatic stress syndrome
Post traumatic stress syndrome occurs as a postponed reaction to stressful event or situation of an extremely menacing or disastrous character that generates powerful feelings of fear, vulnerability, and terror. Post traumatic stress syndrome is also described under the names of post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic neurosis. The signs and symptoms of post traumatic stress syndrome...
Read MoreThe general approaches to anxiety disorder treatment
Anxiety disorder treatment presupposes using various methods depending on patient’s individuality and diagnosis. Anxiety is a condition of all-encompassing apprehension that may be caused by particular surrounding or individual factors. Anxiety is usually associated with emotions of disturbing lines such as fear, anger, or depression. When apprehension is grave and unbearable, the patient may...
Read MoreAdjustment disorder treatment
It often happens that people experience severe problems with adjustment to various stressful situations and sometimes this condition may lead to adjustment disorders. As a result, adjustment disorder treatment becomes indispensable part of their existence. Adjustment is the behavioral course of action by which humans preserve balance of various needs among the influence of different obstacles....
Read MoreAgoraphobia
Agoraphobia translated from Greek means “fear of the marketplace” and designates fear of remaining away from home in unsafe conditions. Agoraphobia can also be defined as fear of open or public places. Agoraphobia is a distinct group of fears that includes various kinds of phobia and its characteristic feature is the avoidance of leaving home, visiting shops, fear of crowds and crowded public...
Read MoreAnxiety disorders and their importance for the general practitioner
Anxiety disorders are a group of the neuroses associated with unreasonable and destabilizing feeling of fear and tension without any determinable reason. Anxiety disorders affect numerous patients and doctors of all specialties frequently have to cope with the situations concerning various types of these diseases. There are various kinds of anxiety disorders: Agoraphobia. Agoraphobia is the...
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