Most prevalent people Anxiety disorders are arguably the most common mood disorder in the population. Studies by the World Health Organization show that the lifetime prevalence of anxiety disorders in the population is 13.6%-28.8%, with 90% of anxiety disorder patients developing before the age of 35, with more women than men. China lacks national survey data on anxiety disorders. Surveys in several provinces such as Hebei and Zhejiang show that the prevalence of anxiety disorders is 5%-7%, according to which it is estimated that there are about 50 million or more anxiety disorder patients in the country. Symptoms of the disease First of all, let’s talk about the definition of anxiety disorder. Anxiety is an unpleasant, distressing emotional state accompanied by a somatic experience of discomfort. Anxiety disorders are a group of mood disorders in which anxiety symptoms are the main clinical phase and often contain two sets of symptoms: (1) Emotional symptoms
The patient feels that he or she is in a nervous, anxious, fearful, and apprehensive internal experience. What is the nervousness and fear? Some people may be able to specify the object of their fear, while others may not be able to say what they are afraid of, but they just feel afraid; (2) Somatic symptoms
Patients with nervousness are often accompanied by autonomic hyperactivity, such as panic, shortness of breath, dry mouth, sweating, trembling, flushing, etc. Sometimes there is also a sense of near death, the heart is very uncomfortable, feel like they are going to die, and in severe cases, there is a sense of loss of control.