Case Study 11: A 38-year-old man has been increasingly anxious about his job in a large manufacturing company. He feels that he has been passed over for a promotion several times. The patient is preoccupied with many small events and conversations that have occurred at work during the year and worries how his superiors will interpret them. He finds it difficult to control his worrying. During the day at work he feels restless and edgy. At home he is irritable and has difficulty sleeping. He wife asks him about work but he doesn’t want to talk about it.

GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER

This 38 year old man has an anxiety disorder which is not all that uncommon. Generalized anxiety disorder or GAD involves anxiety and worry that is excessive and unrelenting. Many people suffer from this disorder and it can cause constant worry and anxiety that results in a lack of sleep, not to mention the physical toll that it causes your body. The good thing about having GAD is that it is treatable and many things can help including self-help strategies and therapy. The difference between this man's case of him having this disorder rather than him just worrying like a normal person is the fact that it interferes with him job, family, sleep, and everyday life. It is always in his mind and it is constantly disrupting him. If I were to prescribe treatment to this man I would send him to therapy and give him a temporary medication to relieve him of his anxiety. The treatment really will help and his life should turn around and be better.

http://www.helpguide.org/mental/generalized_anxiety_disorder.htm

Britney Spears' life with bipolar disease.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20169680,00.html

http://www.livenews.com.au/Articles/2008/01/25/Britney_Spears_psychological_treatment_for_a_troubled_star

There is no doubt that everyone can see the decline of normality of Britney Spears. But is it just the drug and alcohol abuse that is doing this to her? According to Dr. Diana Kirschner and friends and family of Britney, she also suffers from a pschological disorder call bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder affects over two million americans and is an illness in which poeple experience extreme mood swings and are very irritable and anxious. The symptoms of bipolar disorder are cause by the imbalance of key chemicals in the brain. This along with her drug and alcohol abuse has effected Ms. Spears in her personal life and in her music career.

Britney was married to Kevin Federline and had two children with him. After their divorce there was a scandelous custody battle which obviously took a toll on Britney. Due to the pressure from the media and the fans Britney lashed out by becoming completely out of control abusing drugs and alcohol and her kids were eventually taken away from her. With the bipolar disorder it has been very difficult for Britney to overcome her adversities from her failed marriage to her hault on the music career. However, recently Britney has been putting forth the effort to gain back her sanity and her life.

Bipolar Disorder is frightening and can impact your life immensely. Celebreties are not above having psychological disorders, in fact they are probably more prone to them. There is no cure for Bipolar Disorder however you can take medicine to control the symptoms. I feel that Britney's Disorder will bring awareness to people who do have it.