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Give a brief description of two psychological disorders that are common in your community. Justify the...

Give a brief description of two psychological disorders that are common in your community. Justify the relevance of drug therapy and psychological therapy.

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The two psychological disorders that are common in our community are:-

  1. Anxiety Disorders- Generalized Anxiety disorder, Panic disorder, Phobia, Obsessive Compulsive disorder
  2. Mood disorders- Depression, Bipolar, etc.

Anxiety disorders have been known to be fairly common in the population as well as our communities. These disorders revolve around the feelings of nervousness, uneasiness, worrisome, excessive fear, etc. The anxiety seems extremely disturbing, out of control and distressing

There are different types of Anxiety disorders like:

  • Panic disorder- sudden feelings of intense anxiety and reaches the peak and the person has a panic attack.
  • Generalized Anxiety disorder- free-floating anxiety that is persistent and excessive.
  • Phobias- extreme fear and anxiety associated with something, object, people, or situations
  • Obsessive-Compulsive disorder- obsessive thoughts bringing anxiety and indulging in compulsive behaviors to reduce the anxiety and feel alright.

Common symptoms of Anxiety disorders:-

  • nervousness
  • restlessness
  • tension
  • sense of impending danger, doom, and panic
  • increased heart rate
  • increasing breathing rate
  • hyperventilation
  • sweating
  • trembling
  • tiredness, weakness
  • trouble in concentration
  • sleeping troubles
  • difficulty controlling worrying

Mood disorders

Distortion of mood, emotional state, interference with your daily functioning.

Types of mood disorders-

  • Major depressive disorder
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Cyclothymic
  • Seasonal Affective disorder,etc.

Drug therapy also called pharmacotherapy helps in the issues with physiology like serotonin levels, mood stabilization, reduction of distress, reduction in symptoms. The drug therapy helps in the small term relief

The psychotherapies help in the cognitive restructuring, preventing relapse of the condition and help with long term effects when used in conjunction with the drug therapy

Hayet Jeridi answered 3 months ago
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