Question

1. Define anxiety, sedative, and hypnosis. Give an example of when each of these states is desirable and when it is undesirable. (Learning Objective 1)
2. Discuss concerns with the use of anxiolytic or hypnotic drugs in children, adults, and older adults. Identify special risk factors for each age group. (Learning Objective

Answer 1

Anxiety :

Anxiety is our body's natural response to stress.

It is a healthy emotion and feeling of apprehension and fear which shows some

physical characteristics like nervousness , palpitations , uneasiness , worry.

Examples of Anxiety:

Desirable anxiety:

Anxiety is a strong desire to do something , in an occasion the persons feels very anxious to finish the work properly .

Undesirable anxiety :

Some times disproportionate anxiety leads to medical disorder . This is undesirable anxiety.

sedative:

It is a drug that makes the person calm ,promotes sleep and reduce the agitation.

Examples :

Desirable:

This sedatives are used for some behavioural disorders and reduce agitation

Undesirable :

Sometimes sedatives cause drowsiness , dizziness confusion ,and memory problems which does not useful for us.

Hypnosia :

Hypnosis means hypnotizing the people by trained person in which the person is induced loss of consciousness and control the thoughts .

Example :

Desirable :

The hypnosis is used as a therapy for the people who are prolonged smoker and over eater. It is also used for anxiety , phobia

Undesirable :

In some situations it cause headache , dizziness and some unwanted consequences.