Anxiety Disorder | Case Study Report

Running head: ANXIETY DISORDER
ANXIETY DISORDER
Name of Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................2
Case study............................................................................................................................2
Demographics and background.......................................................................................2
History of the problem- overthinking..............................................................................3
Recent risks- poor relationships with family members, lack of self-confidence and
negative impact on studies and case formulation........................................................................3
The decision of being taken to a psychologist.................................................................5
Pertinent bio-psycho-social factors..................................................................................5
Signs and Symptoms of anxiety......................................................................................6
Interventions and treatment.............................................................................................6
Conclusion...........................................................................................................................7
References............................................................................................................................9
Bibliography......................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
Mental health disorders refer to any type of psychiatric disorder or mental illness. They
include a mental or behavioural pattern that causes impairment of the person functioning and
significant distress among individuals (Robichaud, Koerner, & Dugas, 2019). Therefore the
mental disorders are defined through a combination of the way individuals feels, behave,
perceives or even thinks. Moreover, mental health disorders include several conditions related to
mental health such as- anxiety disorders, depression, eating disorders and similar others
(Hofmann & Otto). Anxiety is the most common mental health disorders faced by people of all
ages. Anxiety disorders refer to a mental health disorder that includes the characteristics of
feelings of worry. It is quite common for people to feel anxiety in their day to day activities.
However, if it is not treated for a long period, then it can start interfering with the day to day
activities of individuals. It is most common among women who are young adults (Hallion, Tolin,
& Diefenbach, 2019). The main aim of the paper is to discuss the anxiety disorder faced by an
individual. The paper will, therefore, discuss the pertinent factors or issues leading to such
conditions, the role played by a health professional in helping to overcome the anxiety disorder
and will also discuss the conditions of an individual after they have received the treatment.
Case study
Demographics and background
The case study is related to my neighbour Alex who is of my age that is 20 years old and
she has grown up with me and we have been in the same class since kindergarten and therefore
we are very close to each other (Fairbrother , Janssen, Antony, Tucker, & Young, 2016). She is

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presently doing her graduation in business management. She belongs to a much well-to-do
family and her parents are both working and earn quite well.
History of the problem- overthinking
When (Alex and I) we were growing up into adolescent, she started suffering from
overthinking and remained quite silent in our classes. Everyone thought that she was an introvert
and that is why she avoided talking to a lot of people (Gershkovich, Herbert, Forman,
Schumacher, & Fischer, 2017). She used to think a lot about every event that happened to her at
school and also discussed the same with me. However, I never took that too seriously and tried
distracting her by talking about other things. When her parents noticed her behaviour they
decided to take her to their family doctor who said that she needed to spend more time with her
friends and talk to others at least that was communicated to her (Koyuncu, Celebi, Ertekin, Kok,
& Tukel, 2019).
Recent risks- poor relationships with family members, lack of self-confidence and
negative impact on studies and case formulation
However, it has been only recently that I have seen her worry more than before. She
continuously worries about being accepted by her new friends at college. Therefore she is
cautious about what she speaks and when she speaks and often ends up keeping her emotions
with herself. She is often unable to sleep because she keeps thinking at night about her new life
at college. And since we are pursuing different courses, therefore we talk less to each other and
do not get much time to spend with each other as we used to do. And a result I am unable to talk
to her about her problems at college openly. However, once when we were talking she told me
she had a presentation the fowling day and therefore she was feeling very nervous and she was
even scared as she asked me- “what if I embarrass myself tomorrow in front of everyone? what