Case Study of Georgia: Managing Anxiety Disorder

Running head: CASE STUDY OF GEORGIA
Case study of Georgia
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Introduction:
Anxiety disorder is the most prevalent health disorder that increases the morbidity rate
and incidence of other health issues. Although anxiety disorder is less visible other mental
disorders such as schizophrenia, depression and bipolar disorder, it is the equally disabling
disorder that affects the quality of the life of the individual (Lader, 2015). Anxiety disorder is
present in approximately 13.3% of the individual in Australia and increases the other chronic
disease such as cardiovascular disease, obesity (Spain et al., 2017). Despite the widespread
prevalence of anxiety disorder, it has not received enough recognition and received adequate
clinical therapies. As a result, lack of management leads to the reduction of productivity,
increased the morbidity or mortality rate. The cases study represents anxiety disorder of 22-year-
old university student who was unable to cope up with the stress of surroundings (Olthuis et al.,
2016). She stated that she was experiencing the panics and usually found it difficult to
concentrate on her study. Moreover, she also stated the feeling of tensed and anxious and she
was experiencing the sleeping the problem. The aim of the paper is to provide a clear
understanding of the mental health and procedure to manage the anxiety of Georgia. Therefore,
this paper will illustrate clear understanding g of mental health and mental illness, Relationship
between mental health and physical health, comprehensive understanding of mental health needs
of patients, treatment for managing the patients, implications for the practice of health
professionals in following paragraphs.
Understanding of mental health and mental illness:

World health organization defined the mental health as the state of being where every
individual recognizes his or her potential and ability to cope up with the normal stress of the life
by working productively living a standard life (Silove et al., 2015). However, mental illness, on
the other hand, mental health illness is defined as any other medical illness, which affects the
mental well-being of individuals. A study by Baer (2015), suggested that mental health illness is
identified as the third leading cause of morbidity in Australia which affected the economic
performance, health care expenditure. A study Hofmann and Otto (2017), reported that the only
4.5% of the individuals were treated with psychotic illness, most commonly schizophrenia and
anxiety disorder. A study stated that lack of awareness in population regarding mental illness and
access to the health care services increases the prevalence of these psychological disorders that
further contributed to the maximization of the morbidity rate. As observed in this case study, a
22-year-old university student, Georgia who was experiencing difficulties to cope up with the
stress of her life. She was facing difficulties in the concentrating in her study. She described that
she was feeling tensed and panicked frequently and had sleeping impaired. According to the
protocol of DSM-V, feeling of panicked lack of concentration and sleeping impairment
considered as the mental illness that affected her mental wellbeing, and quality of life, which in
turn affected her psychical health (Lissek et al., 2014). In order to manage her issues, immediate
clinical assistance would be required.
The relationship between mental health and physical health:
According to Guzman et al. (2018), mental health and physical health of the individual is
fundamentally linked where multiple associations between mental health and physical health
influenced the quality of the individual. Baer (2015), stated that poorer mental health is defined

as the potential risk factor for chronic health conditions many epidemiological, psychological
studies suggested that in Australia, the approximately, 14.3% individuals with the psychological
disorders developed the health issues such as cardiovascular disease, mobility issues, obesity,
hypertension, and diabetes (Liu et al., 2015). Therefore, in order to reduce the physical health
issues, which further have long-term consequences; it is crucial to resolving the issues that affect
the mental health of an individual. As observed in this cases study, a 22-year-old university
student, Georgia who was having trouble to cope up with the stress of her life. She was facing
difficulties in the concentrating in her study. She described that she was feeling tensed and
panicked frequently and had sleeping impaired. In the context of cases study, an interconnection
observed between physical health and mental health since she was experiencing anxiety, which
in turn causes the shortness of breath, heart pounding and feeling fatigued. Moreover, she had
difficulty in sleeping and she was lying awake for hours and felt exhausted for hours. Moreover,
she had no relationship for more than 2 years and she lived alone in the flat, away from her
parents since she did not have the car. She had friends but she usually met them in three weeks of
interval and talk to her mother over the phone. Thus, the life of isolation, away from most of the
friends and family members strongly affected the mental health of George, which further
influenced physical health. She thought that she will become like her other since her mother had
anxiety, this personal belief also, Therefore, in order manage her physical issues such as sleep
impairment fatigue, management of her anxiety disorder is crucial which will enhance her
quality of life and relationship with surroundings.
Comprehensive understanding of personal recovery: