Anxiety at work
By Gladeana McMahon (November 2008 Issue)
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The Office for National Statistics in 2006 estimated that 4.7 per cent of adults experience anxiety disorders at any one time and a further 9.2 per cent have a mixture of anxiety and depression. Panic disorders are related to anxiety and, according to the ONS study, seven people in every 1,000 develop one. There are various identified anxiety-based conditions (DSM
1994):
Generalised anxiety disorder
GAD stands for generalised anxiety disorder and people who suffer from this form of anxiety feel worried all the time about almost everything. Many people describe it as a feeling of being tense, restless or on edge. People who suffer from GAD interpret many ordinary situations as threatening.
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