MOOD, AND TRAUMA-RELATED DISORDERS

What are mood, anxiety and trauma-related disorders? Mood disorders are psychological conditions characterized by an ongoing disturbance in mood, including elevation, or mood swings. Anxiety disorders are a group of clinically FACTS & STATISTICS significant diagnoses characterized by overwhelming worry, fear or concern, ultimately interfering Knowing the symptoms, causes, health and with one’s quality of life and ability to function effectively at work, school or home. treatment for mood, anxiety and trauma related disorders is very important. Understanding the Forms of mood, anxiety and trauma related disorders include: facts and statistics of just how prevalent and • Depressive Disorders including • Self-Injury serious these disorders are just as important. Major Depressive Disorder • Co-Occurring Substance Use and Mood • Anxiety Disorders (Generalized, OCD, Panic) and Anxiety Disorders • Nearly one in ten people aged 18 and older • • Co-Occurring Eating Disorders and Mood have mood disorders (www.nlm.nih.gov) • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Anxiety Disorders • About 40 million American adults have • Trauma (including childhood and adult • Adjustment Disorder (due to recent some type of every year sexual, physical and emotional abuse) changes, transitions or losses) (www.nimh.nih.gov) • 7 to 8 out of 100 people will experience PTSD • Attachment Disorders • Grief and Complicated Grief at some point in their lives • Personality Disorders • Women are 60 percent more likely to have an anxiety disorder than men (www.nimh.nih.gov) Symptoms & Signs • Approximately 80 percent of individuals with Symptoms of mood, anxiety and trauma-related disorders — alone or co-occurring alongside an eating disorders are diagnosed with another eating disorder — can be diverse, varying from person to person. Mood issues and anxiety tend to psychiatric disorder at some time in their go hand-in-hand. It is common to see depressive features in an a person struggling with debilitating life, most commonly depressive, anxiety and anxiety, fear and worry. In general, these symptoms extend beyond “normal” or concern personality disorders. (Klump, Haye, Treasure associated with the events of daily life, and are instead prolonged, intense and debilitating. & Tyson, 2009)

Symptoms of mood disorders include: Research reveals a very high dual diagnosis rate • Sustained sadness or unexplained crying spells • Inability to take pleasure in former interests among eating disorders and mood, anxiety and • Irritability, , worry, agitation, anxiety or hobbies trauma related substance disorders: • , indifference, apathy • Social withdrawal • Approximately 80 percent of individuals with • of guilt, worthlessness • Unexplained aches and pains eating disorders are diagnosed with another • Changes in appetite and sleep patterns • Mood swings psychiatric disorder at some time in their • Loss of energy, lethargy • Recurring thoughts of death or suicide life, most commonly depressive, anxiety and • Inability to concentrate, indecisiveness personality disorders.• Of those with anorexia nervosa, 48 percent have co-occurring anxiety Symptoms of anxiety disorders include: disorders, 42 percent have co-occurring mood • Persistent or intense fear or worry • Restlessness disorders and 31 percent have co-occurring • Feelings of nervousness, apprehension • Physical symptoms of anxiety include fast/ impulse control disorders or dread pounding heartbeat, sweating, shortness of • Of those with bulimia nervosa, 81 percent • Difficulty concentrating breath, shaking/tremors/twitches, muscle tension, have co-occurring anxiety disorders, 71 • tense, “jumpy” or on edge headaches, upset stomach, dizziness, frequent percent have co-occurring mood disorders and 64 percent have co-occurring impulse • Irritability need to urinate, diarrhea, fatigue control disorders • Of those with binge eating disorder, 65 Symptoms of traumatic stress disorders include: percent have co-occurring anxiety disorders, • Hypervigilance • Avoidance of places, people, things, thoughts, or 46 percent have co-occurring mood disorders • Inability to concentrate that remind one of their trauma and 43 percent have co-occurring impulse • Nightmares • High levels of shame, guilt, and negative thoughts control disorders (Hudson, Hiripi, Harrison & • Unsettled and high levels of anxiety of oneself and others Kessler, 2007) • Sensitive startle reflex • Loss of interest in enjoyable activities • A substantial majority of eating disorder • Relationship difficulties patients had the onset of OCD, social phobia, Health Risks specific phobia and Generalized Anxiety • Weakened immune system/vulnerability to • Excretory and digestive issues, including IBS Disorder before the emergence of the eating viral infections • Increased of diabetes, high blood pressure disorder, suggesting that the disordered • COPD and heart disease eating is a successful coping mechanism for • Depressed appetite/nutritional deficiencies • Increased risk of coronary events (especially those difficult feelings (Kaye, Bulik, Thorton & • Depression among individuals with heart disease) Barbarich, 2004)

Mood, anxiety and trauma related disorders carry a heightened risk of suicide. In fact, upwards of 90 percent of those who commit suicide have a diagnosable and treatable mental illness.

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