Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety is a feeling of uncertainty or dread that results from a real or perceived threat, whose actual source is unknown or unrecognized, and ranges from mild to panic levels (Varcarolis, 1994). Anxiety is perhaps one of the most underdiagnosed mental health conditions and, in many adolescents, is manifest as physical complaints (Campo, Bridge, Ehmann, Altman, Lucas, Birmaher, Di Lorenzo, Iyengar, & Brent, 2004). The subgroup of anxiety includes disorders such as panic, obsessive-compulsive, and generalized anxiety many of which are demonstrated in early childhood as separation anxiety or somatic complaints. Social anxiety and panic disorders cause substantial impairment to social relationships. Many youth with anxiety disorder are also clinically depressed, presenting a comorbid situation of meeting criteria for two psychiatric diagnoses.

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HOPING FOR A BETTER LIFE: A MENTAL HEALTH PROCESS
VOICED BY YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS
By
Carol Elizabeth Bonham