Anxiety and Panic Management
Feeling anxious is perfectly normal at times, but sometimes it can start to take over. This course will help you to -
- Understand the signs and symptoms of anxiety and panic
- Develop methods and plans to reduce feelings of anxiety and panic
This course is useful for –
- People who suffer anxiety and panic and want to reduce their feelings of panic and anxiety.
- People who work with those who suffer panic and anxiety, such as –
- Teachers
- Volunteers
- Social workers
- Nurses
- Doctors
- Counsellors
- Wellbeing professionals
- Other professionals working with people with anxiety and panic symptoms
Why Study this Course?
Understanding the signs and symptoms of anxiety and panic are an important first step to reducing the impact of anxiety and panic. Panic and anxiety can take over people’s lives. This course will enable you to
- recognise the signs and symptoms of anxiety and panic
- develop plans to reduce feelings of anxiety and panic
- look at alternative methods of reducing panic and anxiety
- Improve your knowledge of anxiety and panic and how to deal with it yourself, or help others to deal with it.
This evidence-based course has the potential to help people to deal with the impact of panic and anxiety on their lives.
Written by experienced ACS writers with knowledge of anxiety and panic symptoms and ways to help people to cope.
A substantial and informative course that requires commitment and dedication from students.
The course has nine lessons with carefully constructed tasks and activities to develop an in depth understanding of anxiety and panic management.
Lesson Structure
There are 9 lessons in this course:
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Scope and Nature of Anxiety and Panic
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Introduction
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Normal Anxiety
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The Autonomic Nervous System
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Anxiety Today
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Types of Anxiety Disorders
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Defining Anxiety and Panic Disorders
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What are Anxiety Disorders?
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Physical Affects of Anxiety
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Mental Symptoms of Anxiety
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Anxiety Symptoms in Children
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Recognising Anxiety
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What is Panic?
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Panic Symptoms in Children
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The Difference Between Anxiety and Panic
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Managing Anxiety: Anxiety Management Plans
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Methods of Managing Anxiety - Developing an Anxiety Management Plan
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Anxiety Spirals
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Understanding Triggers
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Dealing With Triggers
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Helping Children Articulate Feelings
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Medication
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Making an Anxiety Management Plan
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Biofeedback
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Managing Social Anxiety Disorder
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What is Social Anxiety Disorder?
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Treating Social Anxiety Disorder
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Managing Generalised Anxiety Disorder
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Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
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A Day in the Life of a Person With GAD
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Recognising Anxiety Triggers
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Managing Anxiety
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Self-Help Ideas for GAD
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Managing Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia
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Panic Disorder
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Treating Panic Attacks
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Agoraphobia
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Treating Agoraphobia
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Managing Environmental Factors that Increase Anxiety and Panic
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Defining the Term Environment
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Environmental Management
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Strategies to Manage the Environment to Reduce Anxiety
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Alternative Ways to Reduce Anxiety and Panic
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Pet Therapy
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Horticultural Therapy
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Ecotherapy
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Creative Therapy
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Play Therapy
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Research Project – Anxiety Management
Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted to the school, marked by the school's tutors and returned to you with any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.
Aims
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Describe anxiety and panic and reasons for the increasing levels of anxiety and panic in the modern world.
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Define anxiety and panic disorder.
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Describe the development of an anxiety management plan.
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Describe appropriate ways to manage symptoms of social anxiety disorder.
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Describe appropriate ways to manage symptoms of generalised anxiety disorder.
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Describe appropriate ways to manage symptoms of panic disorder and agoraphobia.
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Describe methods of managing the environment to reduce anxiety and panic.
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Apply alternative techniques to reduce anxiety and panic.
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Describe treatments for anxiety and/or panic disorder based upon a relevant signs, symptoms, and experiences.
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Explain the nature of anxiety and panic disorders and propose a planned response for management.
What is Anxiety?
Anxiety is a normal emotion which is characterised by apprehension, dread, and uneasiness. It is experienced as unpleasant. It is not the same as fear, since fear occurs in response to a specific object, whereas anxiety usually does not. Instead, anxiety is related to a perceived threat. Many people experience anxiety during their day to day lives.
Anxiety disorders are different to everyday anxiety. They involve excessive fear and anxiety and are accompanied by behavioural disturbances. They are the most prevalent group of mental disorders throughout the world. It is estimated that one in five people experience an anxiety disorder at some time in their life. How serious this anxiety disorder is and how much it affects the person’s day to day life will vary from individual to individual. But it will also vary within that individual’s lifetime. Some people may have mild symptoms of anxiety at times, but at other times these can become more severe. Whether or not a person has a clinical diagnosis of anxiety will depend on the severity and duration of symptoms.
Sometimes people will experience panic attacks. This course will look at the signs and symptoms of anxiety and panic disorders and ways of coping with these feelings.
WHY DO YOU NEED TO LEARN ABOUT ANXIETY?
Understanding anxiety is the first step toward better managing it. This course not only helps you to understand anxiety, but also teaches you about different responses that can be taken and techniques used to reduce anxiety and it's effects.
What you learn hear can help you to help others - in your personal or professional dealings with people.
You may study this course for your own professional development working in health or other services sectors; or in any other context where you have the potential to encounter and need to deal with anxiety.
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