1 in 8 Brits 'living in fear'.Byline: ANI London, Apr 14 (ANI): Britons are increasingly "living in fear", a situation that is making the economic crisis worse, mental health experts have said. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a new report from the Mental Health Foundation, levels of anxiety are on the rise in the UK. Infact measures aimed at tackling crime and terrorism are failing to quell quell tr.v. quelled, quell·ing, quells 1. To put down forcibly; suppress: Police quelled the riot. 2. fears and could be adding to them, it said. Official figures show around 800,000 more people in the UK now suffer from anxiety disorders Anxiety disorders A group of distinct psychiatric disorders characterized by marked emotional distress and social impairment, including generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder. than in 1993, reports The Scotsman. As per a poll of 2,246 adults for the report In the Face of Fear, 77 per cent believed the world had become more frightening in the last ten years. More than 37 per cent felt frightened fright·en v. fright·ened, fright·en·ing, fright·ens v.tr. 1. To fill with fear; alarm. 2. or anxious more often than they used to while 77 per cent thought people generally were more scared than they used to be, the study found. The study said: "New research suggests that we are becoming more fearful as a nation. Our survey emphatically em·phat·ic adj. 1. Expressed or performed with emphasis: responded with an emphatic "no." 2. Forceful and definite in expression or action. 3. indicates that people perceive our world as having become more frightening and frightened. "The government's Psychiatric psy·chi·at·ric adj. Of or relating to psychiatry. psychiatric adjective Pertaining to psychiatry, mental disorders Morbidity Surveys, published in February 2009, show significant increases in anxiety disorders from 1993 to 2007. The Mental Health Foundation believes these trends are linked. "The more fearful people feel in the general population, the more people will be tipped over into diagnosable anxiety disorders." The Mental Health Foundation said that fear was partly driving the economic crisis, because emotion overrides logical thinking. "Individuals and institutions - keen to protect themselves - are now too afraid to lend, spend and invest, despite the fact that these actions could assist in ending the recession," it said. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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