6 Common Causes of Anxiety

According to a recent survey by the National Institute of Mental Health 2017 Anxiety is the most common mental illness with over 40 million adults in the US alone being diagnosed every year The American Psychological Association 2013 defines anxiety as a future-oriented concern that may lead people to avoid situations that trigger or worsen their distress Do you have experience with anxiety Do you know someone who is often anxious What other symptoms of anxiety do you recognize There are in fact many types of anxiety disorders including generalized anxiety disorder Obsessive-compulsive Disorder OCD Panic Disorder Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD and Social Phobia or Social Anxiety Disorder You can watch the video here a https 3A 2F 2Fyoutu be 2FIzaNQAh3NiY a anxiety anxietydisorders Credits Script Writer Chloe Avanasa Script Editors Kelly Soong VO Amanda Silvera Animator Napiart YouTube Manager Cindy Cheong Our sources National Institute of Mental Health November 2017 What Are Anxiety Disorders Retrieved from nimh nih gov health statistics any-anxiety-disorder shtml Nolen-Hoeksema S 2000 The role of rumination in depressive disorders and mixed anxiety depressive symptoms Journal of abnormal psychology 109 3 504 Laux L Krohne H W Eds 1982 Achievement stress and anxiety Hemisphere Publishing Corporation Caplan S E 2006 Relations among loneliness social anxiety and problematic Internet use CyberPsychology behavior 10 2 234-242 Stearns P N 2012 American fear The causes and consequences of high anxiety Routledge Greenson R R 1959 Phobia anxiety and depression Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association 7 4 663-674 Reiss S 1991 Expectancy model of fear anxiety and panic Clinical psychology review 11 2 141-153 Kinsey S G Bailey M T Sheridan J F Padgett D A Avitsur R 2007 Repeated social defeat causes increased anxiety-like behavior and alters splenocyte function in C57BL 6 and CD-1 mice Brain behavior and immunity 21 4 458-466

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