A workshop was organized on ‘Anxiety Disorders, and its Prevention & Management in undergraduates’ on 21st Feb 2022, at LT1 of Index Medical College Hospital & Research Center for the second prof. students.

The course was conducted to broaden the participants’ knowledge on anxiety and how does a group of mental illnesses cause constant fear and worry and restlessness.

The Speaker for the workshop was Dr. Anchala Dixit, Clinical Psychologist. Dept of Psychiatry. IMCHRC

The modules for the workshop were:

• Introduction and basics
• Types of Anxiety
• Discussion on increasing cases of anxiety disorders in medical students
• Risk factors and etiology
• Signs & Symptoms of anxiety

The workshop was free for all participants and was done under the aegis of Malwanchal University.

The workshop started with asking students their views on what is anxiety and the causes of it. The speaker spoke about general causes like stressful and traumatic situations resulting in anxiety but focused also on psychosocial factors including genetic vulnerability. The role of health problems was also discussed. Certain personality traits like being overly sensitive to criticism were also explained.

Next the symptoms of the condition were discussed varying from emotional to physical symptoms. The speaker spoke about the 6 most common types of anxiety disorders:

• Generalised Anxiety Disorder
• Social Phobia
• Specific Phobia
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Panic Disorder

The various symptoms were discussed including,

• Feeling nervous, restless or tense
• Having a sense of impending danger, panic or doom
• Having an increased heart rate
• Breathing rapidly (hyperventilation)
• Sweating
• Trembling
• Feeling weak or tired
• Trouble concentrating or thinking about anything other than the present worry
• Having trouble sleeping
• Experiencing gastrointestinal (GI) problems
• Having difficulty controlling worry

Various risk factors were brought into consideration: Trauma,Stress due to an illness, Stress buildup, Personality, Other mental health disorders, having blood relatives with an anxiety disorder, Drugs or alcohol.

This was followed by an elaborate discussion on the treatment, management & Prevention.

In the end, an assessment was done for the participants.

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