Symptoms anxious in primary care |

Stress response is a manifestation of our body to an external threat, so the main function is to adapt so that you can achieve maximum performance to date this situation. In this case, it increases muscle tension and blood is pumped more frequently and forcefully. Catecholamine levels increase sharply and transitiously, until you give in the danger situation and everything goes back to your previous state. The persistence of this stress response, at the time the cause that causes it or also its disproportionately appearing in situations that do not they are apparently at risk, it constitutes the basis of anxiety. This anxiety is characterized by the persistence of catecholaminergic action, since it involves behavioral and physical changes. This persistence not only produces suffering and discomfort, but it worsens the prognosis of a good part of comorbid diseases. Anxiety disorders are, without doubt, the most common mental pathology in the practice of the family doctor. Throughout this work, the reader will find the necessary conceptual aspects, the diagnostic tools, the methods of evaluation and the fundamental therapeutic principles to meet this challenge of daily life.