An anxiety disorder can be many things to the individuals that it affects.
For some, it is marked by excessive worry and fear about real or imagined events.
For others it is an uneasiness or apprehension about potential situations or events.
Others still, have lives impacted by this disorder that manifest as panic attacks, phobias, and obsessive-compulsive disorders.
In any of these cases, and many others that fall under this general classification, life is fraught with difficulties.
These uncomfortable syndromes and symptoms often impact personal and professional lives.
And, left untreated, anxiety disorders can grow into severe social and emotional distress-especially for children and adolescents who suffer from the disorders.
When living a life of fear and anxiety brought on by an anxiety disorder, there can be a great deal of apprehension about day-to-day activities.
Some sufferers naturally shy away from personal relationships, avoid taking risks, and steer clear of confrontations that might provoke an increased sense of uneasiness and apprehension.
A number of those sufferers lean toward introversion, although this is not the majority case in those diagnosed with this type of psychiatric disorder.
In more extreme cases, some adult sufferers turn to drugs or alcohol to cope with the worry and panic.
Unfortunately, neither a life withdrawn, nor a reliance on alcohol or substances is an effective way to combat anxiety disorder.
There are treatments, and some are very effective-as long as it has been properly diagnosed.
Investigators at UCLA who are looking into the causes of anxiety disorder are now working with groups of children and teens who suffer from this condition in an attempt to discover the roots of a typical "anxiety-provoking situation" and how it affects the medial prefrontal cortex of the brain.
The teens are being studied because those who work with young anxiety disorder sufferers have seen how the disorder can result in bad grades and problems at home.
It has been discovered that 25% of children and adolescents suffer from some form of this issue.
Obviously, this is a significant public health problem for the youth.
As the teens move into adulthood, they are at greater risk for increased psychiatric disorders.
If successful, the study might provide a biomarker for the illness.
The study results are being published in the journal Biology of Mood and Anxiety Disorders this month.
Anxiety often triggers drug and or alcohol abuse, and when this happens the condition is known as "dual diagnosis".
For some, it is marked by excessive worry and fear about real or imagined events.
For others it is an uneasiness or apprehension about potential situations or events.
Others still, have lives impacted by this disorder that manifest as panic attacks, phobias, and obsessive-compulsive disorders.
In any of these cases, and many others that fall under this general classification, life is fraught with difficulties.
These uncomfortable syndromes and symptoms often impact personal and professional lives.
And, left untreated, anxiety disorders can grow into severe social and emotional distress-especially for children and adolescents who suffer from the disorders.
When living a life of fear and anxiety brought on by an anxiety disorder, there can be a great deal of apprehension about day-to-day activities.
Some sufferers naturally shy away from personal relationships, avoid taking risks, and steer clear of confrontations that might provoke an increased sense of uneasiness and apprehension.
A number of those sufferers lean toward introversion, although this is not the majority case in those diagnosed with this type of psychiatric disorder.
In more extreme cases, some adult sufferers turn to drugs or alcohol to cope with the worry and panic.
Unfortunately, neither a life withdrawn, nor a reliance on alcohol or substances is an effective way to combat anxiety disorder.
There are treatments, and some are very effective-as long as it has been properly diagnosed.
Investigators at UCLA who are looking into the causes of anxiety disorder are now working with groups of children and teens who suffer from this condition in an attempt to discover the roots of a typical "anxiety-provoking situation" and how it affects the medial prefrontal cortex of the brain.
The teens are being studied because those who work with young anxiety disorder sufferers have seen how the disorder can result in bad grades and problems at home.
It has been discovered that 25% of children and adolescents suffer from some form of this issue.
Obviously, this is a significant public health problem for the youth.
As the teens move into adulthood, they are at greater risk for increased psychiatric disorders.
If successful, the study might provide a biomarker for the illness.
The study results are being published in the journal Biology of Mood and Anxiety Disorders this month.
Anxiety often triggers drug and or alcohol abuse, and when this happens the condition is known as "dual diagnosis".
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