Overview
What is a treatable health condition?
Anxiety is a treatable health condition.
Gender least affected by anxiety
What are men?
Total number of types of anxiety disorders
7
Name this symptom: Characterized by aches, or soreness, especially during stressful periods.
Muscle tension
The full form of DSM
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
What percentage of the global population currently experience an anxiety disorder?
An estimated 4% of the global population currently experience an anxiety disorder.
% of children in the U.S. that are diagnosed with anxiety.
What is 7.1%?
Characterized by persistent and excessive worry about daily activities or events
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
This physical symptom of anxiety, characterized by a racing or pounding heart, is often experienced during panic attacks.
Heart palpitations
The validity of a diagnosis
Is the diagnosis is correct and does it lead to a successful treatment.
In 2019 how many people in the world were diagnosed with an anxiety disorder?
In 2019, 301 million people in the world had an anxiety disorder, making anxiety disorders the most common of all mental disorders.
% of population affected by anxiety disorder in Singapore.
What is 10%?
Involves a high level of fear that might lead to feelings of humiliation or rejection
Social Anxiety Disorder
These disturbances cannot be attributed to...
the physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, a medication) or another medical condition (e.g., hyperthyroidism).
The reliability of a diagnosis
do two or more psychiatrists using the same classification system make the same diagnosis?
What percentage of people in need receive treatment for anxiety?
Although highly effective treatments for anxiety disorders exist, only about 1 in 4 people in need (27.6%) receive any treatment.
Age group of adults with the highest prevalence of anxiety disorder
What are adults aged 30 to 44?
Primarily affects children, where a person is consistently unable to speak in certain social situations despite being able to speak comfortably in others
Selective Mutism
List 4 other symptoms mentioned
Restlessness or feeling keyed up or on edge
Being easily fatigued
Difficulty concentrating or mind going blank
Irritability
Muscle tension
Sleep disturbance (difficulty falling or staying asleep, or restless unsatisfying sleep)
Two biases that influence diagnosis
What are cultural, clinical (or) , confirmation, gender biases?
How can anxiety affect an individual?
People with anxiety disorders often experience fear and worry that is both intense and excessive. Anxiety disorders interfere with daily activities and can impair a person’s family, social, school, or working life.
5 countries with the highest prevalence of anxiety disorder.
What are China, India, the United States, Brazil, and Indonesia?
The disorder involving excessive fear or worry about being separated from someone with whom the person has a deep emotional bond
Separation Anxiety Disorder
This common symptom of a panic attack involves feeling detached from oneself or feeling that the surrounding environment is not real.
Classification system other than DSM
What is the ICD-11?