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Anxiety disorder
Anxiety disorders are a group of mental disorders characterized by significant and uncontrollable feelings of anxiety and fear such that a person's social, occupational, and personal functions are significantly impaired. Anxiety may cause physical and symptoms, such as a sense of impending doom, restlessness, irritability, easy , difficulty concentrating, increased heart rate, chest pain, pain, and a variety of other symptoms that vary based on the individual.
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Symptoms — what it feels like
- ·Worrying, fast heart rate, shakiness
Causes — why it happens
- ·, environmental, and psychological factors
Treatment
- ·Lifestyle changes, counselling, medications
Complications
- ·, trouble sleeping, poor quality of life, substance use disorder, alcohol use disorder, suicide
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