SUICIDE
Phobia
 Weissman and colleagues found that 20% of
patients with panic disorder had attempted
suicide, based on the epidemiological data.
 The Weissman study confirms that having any
anxiety disorder, not just panic disorder, uniquely
increases the chances of having thoughts about
suicide (suicidal ideation) or making suicidal
attempts (Sareen et al., 2006).
 The risk of someone with panic disorder
attempting suicide is comparable to that for
individuals with major depression (Johnson,
Weissman, & Klerman, 1990; Weissman, Klerman,
Markowitz, & Ouellette, 1989).
 Even if an individual has depression, which we
know is a big risk for suicide attempts, anxiety
disorders combined with depression will make the
risk of suicide significantly greater than the risk for
a person who has depression alone.
ANXIETY DISORDER
Anxiety disorders are a type of mental health
condition. Which is different from ordinary feelings of
anxiety or anxiousness, and include excessive fear or
uneasiness. Work performance, academics, and
interpersonal relationships will all be affected.
Types of Anxiety Disorder
1. Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) involves persistent
and excessive worry that interferes with daily
activities even when there is no reason to worry
about.
2. Panic Disorder
Panic disorder is characterized by panic attacks and
sudden feelings of terror sometimes striking
repeatedly and without warning.
When you are having a panic attack you may
experience:
 Shaking
 Sweating
 Rapid/pounding heart rate
 Chest pain
3.
A phobia is a type of anxiety disorder. It is a strong,
irrational fear of something that poses little of an
object or situation.
Specific phobia is or a simple phobia individuals who
suffer from intense fear or anxiety when exposed to
specific objects or situations. Some specific phobias
like fear of:
Environmental phobias - including deep water,
heights and germs
Animal phobias - including a fear of dogs, snakes or
spiders
Situational phobias - such as flying in an airplane or
visiting the dentist
Bodily phobias - including blood or having shots
4. Separation Anxiety Disorder
Separation anxiety disorder (SAD) is defined as
excessive worry and fear about being apart from
family members or individuals to whom a child is most
attached.
What causes anxiety disorder?
Anxiety disorders causes aren't yet clear to the
researchers but there are risk factors that mostly will
develop anxiety disorder such as life experiences like
as traumatic experiences in persons who are already
anxious and also inherited characteristics can also
play a role.
Symptoms and Treatments
These are the common anxiety signs and symptoms
include:
 Feeling nervous, restless or tense
 Having a sense of impending danger, panic or
doom
 Having an increased heart rate
 Breathing rapidly (hyperventilation)
 Sweating
 Trembling
 Feeling weak or tired
  Trouble concentrating or thinking about
anything other than the present worry
 Having trouble sleeping
 Experiencing gastrointestinal (GI) problems
 Having difficulty controlling worry
 Having the urge to avoid things that trigger
anxiety
Anxiety disorders are generally treated with
psychotherapy, medication, or both.
Psychotherapy or “talk therapy”.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) it teaches people
different ways of thinking, behaving, and reacting to
anxiety-producing and fearful objects and situations.
Medication does not cure anxiety disorders but can
help relieve symptoms.
Can anxiety disorders be prevented?
You can’t prevent anxiety disorders. But you can take
steps to control or reduce your symptoms:
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Clinical Description
 DSM-5 describes the setting event for PTSD as
exposure to a traumatic event during which an
individual experiences or witnesses or threatened
death, actual or threatened serious injury, or
actual or threatened sexual violation.
 Victims re-experience the event through
memories and nightmares.
 Also, victims are having flashbacks when a
memories occur suddenly which accompanied by
strong emotion and the victims find themselves
reliving the event.
 DSM-5 added addition of “reckless or self-
destructive behavior” under the PTSD E criteria as
one sign of increased arousal and reactivity.
 Also "dissociative” added which is describing
victims who do not necessarily react with the re-
experiencing or hyperarousal, is characteristic of
PTSD.

Check out medications: Talk to a healthcare provider

or pharmacist before taking over-the-counter Causes of PTSD include:
medications or herbal remedies.
 serious accidents
Limit caffeine: Stop or limit how much caffeine you
 physical or sexual assault
consume, including coffee, tea, cola and chocolate.
 abuse, including childhood or domestic abuse
Live a healthy lifestyle: Exercise regularly and eat a  exposure to traumatic events at work,
healthy, balanced diet. including remote exposure
 serious health problems, such as being
Seek help: Get counseling and support if you admitted to intensive care
experienced a traumatic or disturbing event.
 childbirth experiences, such as losing a baby
 war and conflict
 Torture
TRAUMA AND STRESSOR-RELATED DISORDERS

Set of disorders that all develop after a relatively

stressful life event, often an extremely stressful or
traumatic life event.

Includes:

 Attachment disorders in childhood following

inadequate or abusive child-rearing practices.
 Adjustment disorders characterized by
persistent anxiety and depression following a
stressful life event, and reactions to trauma
such as

✓posttraumatic stress disorder

✓and acute stress disorder