In 2019, 301 million people were living with an anxiety disorder including 58 million children and adolescents. Anxiety disorders are characterised by excessive fear and worry and related behavioural disturbances. Symptoms are severe enough to result in significant distress or significant impairment in functioning. There are several different kinds of anxiety disorders, such as: generalised anxiety disorder (characterised by excessive worry), panic disorder (characterised by panic attacks), social anxiety disorder (characterised by excessive fear and worry in social situations), separation anxiety disorder (characterised by excessive fear or anxiety about separation from those individuals to whom the person has a deep emotional bond), and others. Effective psychological treatment exists, and depending on the age and severity, medication may also be considered. (World, 2022)

In 2019, 301 mil­lion peo­ple were liv­ing with an anx­i­ety dis­or­der includ­ing 58 mil­lion chil­dren and ado­les­cents. Anx­i­ety dis­or­ders are char­ac­terised by exces­sive fear and wor­ry and relat­ed behav­iour­al dis­tur­bances. Symp­toms are severe enough to result in sig­nif­i­cant dis­tress or sig­nif­i­cant impair­ment in func­tion­ing. There are sev­er­al dif­fer­ent kinds of anx­i­ety dis­or­ders, such as: gen­er­alised anx­i­ety dis­or­der (char­ac­terised by exces­sive wor­ry), pan­ic dis­or­der (char­ac­terised by pan­ic attacks), social anx­i­ety dis­or­der (char­ac­terised by exces­sive fear and wor­ry in social sit­u­a­tions), sep­a­ra­tion anx­i­ety dis­or­der (char­ac­terised by exces­sive fear or anx­i­ety about sep­a­ra­tion from those indi­vid­u­als to whom the per­son has a deep emo­tion­al bond), and oth­ers. Effec­tive psy­cho­log­i­cal treat­ment exists, and depend­ing on the age and sever­i­ty, med­ica­tion may also be con­sid­ered. (World, 2022)

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