KINE 3000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mental Disorder, Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, Panic Disorder
15 Jul 2015
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Symptoms of anxiety: excessive worry, apprehension, restlessness, being easily fatigued. : measure using physiological tests: physiological arousal increased heart rate blood pressure. Worry apprehension what is an anxiety disorder: a negative emotional state characterized by feelings of nervousness, worry, and apprehension, persistent, elevated, and causing social or occupational impairment, must be diagnosed through structured assessment or clinical interview. Epidemiology of anxiety in canada: more prevalent than any other mental disorder except substance abuse, anxiety disorders affect approximately 12% of canadians, about 9% of men and 16% of women during a one-year period. Large impact on quality of life and work productivity: could be more people than this, these numbers are only people who reported it. Exercise and anxiety: a number of meta-analyses suggest a small to moderate effect of physical activity on anxiety reduction, both acute and chronic effects. From this we can conclude there is a small positive effect.
