Question

PLEASE use these choices for specific diagnosis: no disorder/normal, acute stress disorder, antisocial personality disorder, bipolar disorder, major depression, dissociative fugue, amnesia, &/or identity disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, phobia, post-traumatic stress disorder, and schizophrenia)

(PLEASE use these choices for the type of disorder: normal, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, personality disorders, dissociative disorders, schizophrenia, substance use or stress-related disorders).

Akaila experienced a sudden attack of intense fear when she was boarding a plane with her friends to fly to Mexico for spring break. A’s heart raced, she became dizzy, and she was certain she would die in a plane crash if she boarded the plane. Subsequently she did not go on her trip, and the plane arrived safely in Mexico 3 hours later. Brittany experienced:

Specific diagnosis _______________           Type of disorder ___________

Answer 1

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is characterized by excessive or irrational constant worry about regular events in life. The anxiety troubles a person to the extent that it interferes with one's regular life. It could cause a person serious trouble in sleeping, breathing and etcetera. Generalized Anxiety Syndrome is an uncontrollable and often irrational worry, that is, apprehensive expectation about events or activities.

Akaila experienced a sudden attack of intense fear when she was boarding a plane with her friends to fly to Mexico for spring break. A’s heart raced, she became dizzy, and she was certain she would die in a plane crash if she boarded the plane. Subsequently she did not go on her trip, and the plane arrived safely in Mexico 3 hours later.

She experienced- Specific diagnosis: Generalized Anxiety Syndrome. Type of disorder: Anxiety Disorder.