Anxiety Disorders nursing care plan

Anxiety disorders categorized as follows:

Panic Disorder (with or without Agoraphobia)
Agoraphobia Without History of Panic Disorder
Social Phobia
Specific Phobia
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Post traumatic Stress Disorder
Acute Stress Disorder
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Anxiety Disorder Due to a General Medical Condition
Substance-Induced Anxiety Disorder

Patients experience a panic attack under following conditions:

As the predominant disturbance, with no apparent precipitant
Exposed to a phobic stimulus
Attempts are made to curtail ritualistic behavior
Psychologically traumatic event

Sign and Symptoms include:

Pounding, rapid heart rate, Feeling of choking or smothering, Difficulty breathing, Pain in the chest, Feeling dizzy or faint, Increased perspiration, Feeling of numbness or tingling in the extremities, Trembling, Fear that one is dying or going crazy, Sense of impending doom, Feelings of unreality

Causes for Anxiety Disorders
The etiology of Anxiety Disorders is unknown but may have Predisposing Factors of Anxiety Disorders divide into Physiological and Psychosocial risk factor:

Physiological

Biochemical: unusual Biochemical levels have been noted implicated in the etiology of Anxiety Disorders such as increased levels of norepinephrine noted in panic and generalized anxiety disorders, elevations of blood lactate in clients with panic disorder, Decreased levels of serotonin usually found on patient with obsessive compulsive disorder
Genetic
Medical or Substance-Induced

Psychosocial

Psychodynamic Theory: view focuses on the inability of the ego to intervene when conflict occurs between the id and the superego, producing anxiety.
Cognitive Theory: faulty, distorted, or counterproductive thinking patterns accompany or precede maladaptive behaviors and emotional disorders

Common Nursing Diagnosis found on Anxiety Disorders nursing care plan