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 MoreGeneralized anxiety disorder treatment
The common rules of generalized anxiety disorder treatment In early stages of the generalized anxiety disorder approximately six months are necessary for establishing the diagnosis and starting the generalized anxiety disorder treatment. Frequently simple methods of patients’ consulting are effective. Consulting will consist of two components. At the beginning the character of the disorder is...
Read MoreObsessive compulsive disorder
Obsessive compulsive disorder is a kind of mental disorder in which the patient suffers from obsessions and compulsions. In obsessive compulsive disorder obsessive thoughts or compulsive acts may occur separately, or may emerge in succession. The synonyms of obsessive compulsive disorder are obsessive-compulsive a neurosis, obsessive neurosis, and anancastic neurosis. The interrelation with...
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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