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Find a medical condition that can mimic or cause anxiety and obsessive-compulsive symptoms. A “medical condition,” for the purposes of this discussion question, is something NOT found in the DSM. You are looking for a bodily condition (e.g. hyperthyroidism) that can cause what appears to be a mental disorder in the anxiety / OCD family. Also remember that “research articles” are those found in the academic library, not a common website like webmd.com or psychologytoday.com.
Find and summarize TWO research articles about the medical disorder you reviewed. Be sure that you integrate BOTH into the coherent summary, providing support for your claims about which medical conditions should be kept in mind when seeing anxiety and obsessive-compulsive symptoms.
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Use the below text as your format for answering the following questions.
1. Summary and critical evaluation of two research articles:
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2. Are the findings sufficiently robust to persuade you? If not, what is needed? If unsure, how could you get your questions answered?
(insert your answers into whether the research you read persuades you to think Marvin might have a medical illness instead of mental disorder. See the instructions for things to consider, such as was “the research methodologically robust?”)
2. Ethnic or cultural controversies are factors to consider when teasing out the etiology of anxiety and obsessive-compulsions related to this medical concern?
(insert your work)
References:
American Psychiatric Association (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th edition). American Psychiatric Association.
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Cardiovascular Diseases and Anxiety
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Tully, Phillip J., Suzie M. Cosh, and Bernhard T. Baune. "A review of the effects of worry
and generalized anxiety disorder upon cardiovascular health and coronary heart
disease." Psychology, health & medicine 18.6 (2013): 627-644.
The article addresses the psychological and behaviour pathways related to the existence of worry
and generalized anxiety disorders on the heart functions. The research study on the relationship
between coronary heart disease and general anxiety disorder revealed that worry is accompanied
with reduction in heart variability rate and increased in its rate. Worry and general anxiety are
directly related to increased blood pressure episodes in both individuals suffering from
cardiovascular disorders and those without. The study showed that prevalent anxiety disorders
result into with wrong prognosis in patients with coronary disorders and were independent of
depression. From the article, a conclusion can be made that the association of anxiety and
coronary artery disease risk factor are the leading cause of cardio pathogenesis. The report does
not address how to manage the condition.
Wu, En-Liang, I-Chia Chien, and Ching-Heng Lin. "Increased risk of hypertension in
patients with anxiety disorders: A population-based study." Journal of psychosomatic
research 77.6 (2014): 522-527.
The article addresses the relationship between anxiety and cardiovascular diseases. It identifies
the results of anxiety types to the 3-year or early onset of lethal heart disorder. The results of the
study show that generalized anxiety complications are strongly related to the start of
cardiovascular diseases. However, the article does not address the biological relationship of the
association between worry and heart diseases.
From the first article, there is no evidence supporting worry and anxiety benefits to
cardiovascular physiology or health promotion. It does not address the management criteria for
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individuals with anxiety and cardiovascular disorders. Management principle entails the use of
antidepressants and psychological counselling.
From the read history of Marvin, his conditions present more of a mental state than a medical
disorder. His...