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The death row phenomenon is the distress and anxiety seen in inmates awaiting execution, which can cause an increased risk for suicidal tendencies and psychotic delusions. A contributing factor to this phenomenon is solitary confinement, lack of social interaction, as well as the psychological impact as a result of their crimes.
12% per year [ 4 ][ 7 ] Anxiety disorders are a group of mental disorders characterized by significant and uncontrollable feelings of anxiety and fear [ 2 ] such that a person's social, occupational, and personal functions are significantly impaired. [ 2 ] Anxiety may cause physical and cognitive symptoms, such as restlessness, irritability ...
Anxiety is an emotion which is characterised by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil and includes feelings of dread over anticipated events. [1][2][3] Anxiety is different from fear in that fear is defined as the emotional response to a present threat, whereas anxiety is the anticipation of a future one. [4] It is often accompanied by nervous ...
3–5% (lifetime prevalence) [4] Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a mental and behavioral disorder, [5] specifically an anxiety disorder characterized by excessive, uncontrollable and often irrational worry about events or activities. [6] Worry often interferes with daily functioning, and individuals with GAD are often overly concerned ...
Many professionals believe that the cause of mental disorders is the biology of the brain and the nervous system. Mind mentions genetic factors, long-term physical health conditions, and head injuries or epilepsy (affecting behavior and mood) as factors that may trigger an episode of mental illness.
Psychological stress can be external and related to the environment, [3] but may also be caused by internal perceptions that cause an individual to experience anxiety or other negative emotions surrounding a situation, such as pressure, discomfort, etc., which they then deem stressful. Hans Selye (1974) proposed four variations of stress. [4]
In a Swedish retrospective study of deaths of 1987, in 159 of 1587 autopsy cases benzodiazepines were found. In 44 of these cases the cause of death was natural causes or unclear. The remaining 115 deaths were due to accidents (N = 16), suicide (N = 60), drug addiction (N = 29) or alcoholism (N = 10). In a comparison of suicides and natural ...
Panic attack. Panic attacks are sudden periods of intense fear and discomfort that may include palpitations, sweating, chest pain or chest discomfort, shortness of breath, trembling, dizziness, numbness, confusion, or a feeling of impending doom or of losing control. [1][2][7] Typically, symptoms reach a peak within ten minutes of onset, and ...