Essays Tagged: "panic attacks"

Drugs, and their effects.

lem-solving ability, reaction time, and driving skills. Short-term effects include confusion, acute panic attacks, fear, and sense of helplessness. Heroin, on the opposite end of the spectrum is one o ...

(2 pages) 100 2 3.9 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Stigiophobia (Fear of Hell)

r house or even just your bedroom.The symptoms of the fear are simple as probably any other phobia. Panic attacks, shortness of breath, irregular heartbeats, sweating a lot, probably feinting as well ...

(2 pages) 18 1 1.0 Jan/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

Psychopharmacology

treatments of psychopharmacology are discussed, with a particular emphasis on the disease known as "panic disorder." It is only one of the primary anxiety disorders; the others include agoraphob ... ive disorder, posttraumatic stress, generalized anxiety, and other anxiety disorders not specified. Panic disorder is also commonly referred to as having "panic attacks." About 2%-5% of the Amer ...

(1 pages) 24 0 1.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

War

sweat, the throat closes up, hands tremble, and the armpits become a perspiration disaster.What is panic disorder? Why does it start? When do panic attacks occur? - Panic disorder is afflicted by fre ... g with the person.- When a person is under extreme stress.How is a phobic disorder different than a panic disorder? - In a panic disorder the person can function where in a phobic disorder the person ...

(2 pages) 11 0 0.0 Jan/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

English

sweat, the throat closes up, hands tremble, and the armpits become a perspiration disaster.What is panic disorder? Why does it start? When do panic attacks occur? - Panic disorder is afflicted by fre ... ng with the person.- When a person is under extreme stress.ow is a phobic disorder different than a panic disorder? - In a panic disorder the person can function where in a phobic disorder the person ...

(2 pages) 9 0 1.0 Jan/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Phobia

also referred to as specific phobias.Millions of Americans suffer from various anxiety disorders or panic attacks including phobias, such as fear of heights, elevators, speaking in public or eating in ...

(1 pages) 1141 0 0.0 Feb/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Anxiety Disorder and the Brain

ching this illness, I have found that terms like phobia, fear, generalized anxiety, social anxiety, panic and depression are often used as synonyms or in combination with one another. The Diagnostic a ... nes seven categories of anxiety disorders. The seven disorders are ; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Panic Disorder, Social Phobia, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Speci ...

(6 pages) 71 0 5.0 Jan/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Health & Fitness

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

ho have suffered before, and individual or group support is an essential part of recovery.Snakes 1. Panic attacks.2. Depression can occur at any time. It can cause the survivor to walk away at anytime ...

(1 pages) 32 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

INTRO Everyone feels anxious or uneasy from time to time.

e they are avoiding it. Phobias may be classified as agoraphobia, specific phobia, or social phobia.PANIC ATTACKS Phobias can often be related to panic attacks because a person experiences the same sy ... rson experiences the same symptoms when exposed to the thing he or she dreads. Some people who have panic attacks develop phobias. When they experience a panic attack they attempt to make a logical ex ...

(8 pages) 1127 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Holden Caulfield - Discontent Teen

(98).Those who argue that Caulfield?s stay in a mental institution was warranted would say that his panic attacks towards the end of the novel prove his clinical depression. While trying to cross the ...

(4 pages) 3174 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Barbiturates

rates are used to relieve pain, or calm people down, they are widely prescribed for people who have panic attacks, or are going through very rough times in their lives. Even though new drugs are comin ...

(4 pages) 2529 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Nothing to fear but fear it self

tions. And the last category of phobia is Agoraphobia, the fear of any situation that might provoke panic attacks, or fear of losing control. All three types of phobias create a physiological response ...

(2 pages) 28 0 1.0 Apr/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays

The Effect of Drugs

rates are used to relieve pain, or calm people down, they are widely prescribed for people who have panic attacks, or are going through very rough times in their lives. There are over 2,000 different ... It is impossible to predict what kind of experience a hallucinogen may produce. Frightening or even panic-producing psychological reactions to LSD and similar drugs are common. Sometimes taking a hall ...

(6 pages) 44 0 5.0 Nov/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Anxiety Disorders – Diagnosis and Treatment

Maisto, 2002). Morris and Maisto (2002) mentioned the main anxiety disorders as, specific phobias, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. While an individual ... ng in public places, of being in crowds, of being alone, and/or traveling (Morris and Maisto, 2002).Panic disorder is another type of anxiety disorders that can be successfully treated (NIMH, 2008). P ...

(4 pages) 82 1 4.5 Dec/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Diagnosis and Treatment

Maisto, 2002). Morris and Maisto (2002) mentioned the main anxiety disorders as, specific phobias, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. While an individual ... ng in public places, of being in crowds, of being alone, and/or traveling (Morris and Maisto, 2002).Panic disorder is another type of anxiety disorders that can be successfully treated (NIMH, 2008). P ...

(4 pages) 20 0 3.0 Feb/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Schizophrenia Associated With Cotard and Capgras Syndrome

changed. Some of the problems associated with a compromised Basal Ganglia are, anxiety nervousness, panic attacks, physical sensations of anxiety, tendency to predict the worse, and sometimes conflict ...

(5 pages) 2868 0 0.0 Apr/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders

Anxiety Disorders and clinical concepts.

various examinations and tests used in order to diagnose the patient with anxiety disorder, namely panic disorder with agoraphobia (PDA). An ethical issues that may have occurred during the full asse ... errupt with their ability to cope with and live an enjoyable life. These anxiety disorders include: Panic disorder with agoraphobia (PDA), posttraumatic stress disorder (PSD), obsessive- compulsive di ...

(13 pages) 25 0 0.0 Jan/2012

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Depression, Stress & Suicide