Anxiety among Student Population and Pre-Exam Anxiety/How Frequently this Problems Appears
Mina Cvjetkovic Bosnjak1*, Kristina Bosnjak2, Tijana Djordjevic3 and Milana Okanovic4
1Psychiatric Clinic, Medicine University, Serbia
2Department of biology and ecology, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
3Department of biology and ecology, Serbia
4Psychiatric Clinic, Medicine University, Serbia
Submission: June 29, 2017; Published: July 06, 2017
*Corresponding author: Mina Cvjetkovic Bosnjak, Psychiatric Clinic, Medicine University, Serbia, Tel: +381-63-152-35-98; Email: BOSNJAK.MINA@mf.uns.ac.rs; milana.okanovic@mf.uns.ac.rs
How to cite this article: Mina C B, Kristina B, Tijana D,Milana O. Anxiety among Student Population and Pre-Exam Anxiety/How Frequently this Problems Appears. J Yoga & Physio. 2017; 1(5): 555574. DOI:10.19080/JYP.2017.01.555574
Short Communication
Improvement of mental health among young adult population is one of the main aim of World Health Organisation, in 21 st century. Student population represent great part of this vulnerabile category, in which mental disorders, in the first place anxiety and depressive disorders are rising, throw past decade, as well as suicide attempt, and evidence of comitted suicide [1]. Anxiety disorders, including phobias, social anxietydisorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and acute andposttraumatic stress disorders, are the most commonclass of mental disorders typically appearing by young adulthood For early recognising, it is very important to make appropriate difference between normal and pathological anxiety. Normal anxiety represent universal human emotion. It is necessery for living, and everyday functioning. Problems arrise when fear grow up to pathological level, when fear is not induce by real dangerous situation, has great intensity and is not self control. Such anxiety widely dissrupt quality of life, lead in depression, and very often alcohol or drug abuse. In worstening option, pathological anxiety can be reason for suicide ideation or attempt [1]. Pathologic fear is common symptom in lot of mental disorders, but as a is core symptom it appaears in anxiety disorders (F4, according to ICD-X). Prevalence of anxiety disorders (29%) exceedsthat of mood (20%) and substance use disorders (15%) in United States, as well as in Europe, and great efforts are now adays made in lot of national health services for make adequately diagnostic and therapeutical strategies [2].
Spetial kind of pathological anxiety, part of social anxiety is preexam anxiety. Ussually, before taking exam, or important presentation, student can have shorttime anxiety which can be positive, and arrouse all individual potentials for such activity (memory, recall, vocabular, form of presentation). But, If anxiety is very intensive, and last for weeks, it disturb memory, recall, student fell helpless, tension, have experience of cognitive deficits and blocking memory. High degree of exam anxiety can block thoughs, and result in poor exam performance [2]. Therefore, such emotional condition can be reason for low selfesteem, avoidance behaviour, depressive mood, Anxiety feeling tension, apprehension, represent a persistently worries about future,nervousness, low level or no concentation and memory difficulties. Pathological fear, when persist consequently disturb sleep and apetite, In this short commentaries authors present how often student claimed of anxiety which disturb their normally activities.This intervue was made from Mart 2015-Januar 2017. At University campus in Novi Sad, Serbia. BAI- quesstionare for anxiety, with 21 quvestion, was used for self-evidence symptoms. Student who fullfill this qvesstionnare remained annonimus, but at the list they can fined names of institutions where they can ask fors support and help. Other information, like general information, time of studing, age, gender, habbits vere collected. 275 student fullfill the qvesstionnare, 160 studied at Medical University and 115 were studied on Faculty Technology Sciences.
The aim was to find out whether there is difference in frequency of preexam anxiety between two group of sudents. In our investigation,nearly 25% students claimed that within last 6 months anxiety has affected their academic preformance, with lower grade on exams, or dropping a course. 18.5% report middle or high level of pree-exam anxiety. Even 60% repoted lower degree on exams, and anxiety was the main reason for missed exams. Medical students showed higher degree of anxiety (24%) vs. Students who studied Technology Sciences(15,5). Only 7% had been diagnosed , and just 5% werw treated for anxiety. Student, female expressed more freqvently anxiety simptoms than male. Early recognizing and starting to treat anxiety simptom if they interrupt with lifestyle as far as possible, is very important for improving mental health of such person. Anxiety disorders are surpassed affective disorders and are increased sharply in student population all around Europe, as well as in U.S.A. [3], during past few years. Most frequently, social anxiety and GAD was announced [4]. The main problem is that students, their parents, colleges, and unfortenatelly,practicioner ignore the first signs and those symptoms remains untreated, during time, complicated with otther mental disorders, most freqvent depression, or alcohol abuse, and in worse option such unrecognised patients can result in self-harmed or suicide behavior [5].
Anxiety disorder are treatable with psychotherapy (CBT or some other kinds of psychotherapy, auto relaxation techniqes, physical excersises, lifestyle changes, medication when it is indicated, or combination of this strategies. Therapy is well effective, and leads to eliminate symptom during few weeks, but the main problem is to recognise symptom which affected functioning , resulting in isolation from colleges and activity, sometimes in excessive use of alcohol or drugs, feelinhg sadness, worthless, loneliness. When such emotionsare interfering with life for more than two weeks, it is very important to seek for help, to find a suppor tfrom therapist Institution like Students medical care, psychologal support for young people, could give a great support and help students to improve mental health and to release simptoms of anxiety, spetially, preexam anxiety. Without anxiety students will improve their performances, functioning and lead to better quality of life.
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