The Challenges of Diagnosing Anxiety Disorders: Balancing Overdiagnosis and Underdiagnosis in Social Work
Mar 4, 2025 | 2025, Petersheim | 4 comments
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Hi, Zuri
I found your poster and presentation to be well-structured and easy to understand., I like how you included distinct sections that clearly outline key points. The use of bold headings and contrasting colors truly enhanced your poster’s readability and drew attention to important information. The content is highly relevant to social work and mental health. I like how your presentation offered a balanced discussion on both the underdiagnosis and overdiagnosis of anxiety disorders. I like how clearly visible your statistics are. For example, “83% of people with GAD are underdiagnosed”. I felt as though this truly added credibility to the argument. Visually, the layout is very engaging. The “DID YOU KNOW?” sections caught my attention and I felt made the complex information more digestible.
I found your poster and presentation to be well-structured and easy to understand. I like how you included distinct sections that clearly outline key points. The use of bold headings and contrasting colors truly enhanced your poster’s readability and drew attention to important information. The content is highly relevant to social work and mental health. I like how your presentation offered a balanced discussion on both the underdiagnosis and overdiagnosis of anxiety disorders. I like how clearly visible your statistics are. For example, “83% of people with GAD are underdiagnosed”. I felt as though this truly added credibility to the argument. Visually, the layout is very engaging. The “DID YOU KNOW?” sections caught my attention and I felt made the complex information more digestible.
Hi Zuri,
Your poster was very well made and gave me a new perspective on anxiety. For me since anxiety is such a common disorder it did not occur to me that diagnosing it could be such a widescale issue. At the same time anxiety is often over diagnosed because people are trying to help since mental health issues have been overlooked for so long. Bringing awareness to the problems with misdiagnosing allows for people to look for the signs of people in their life. Lastly, having exact statistics allows people to see just how widespread of a problem this is.
Hi Zuri,
I loved your poster and related to the information a lot. I have been underdiagnosed with anxiety, which caused a lot of stress and had a very negative impact on my life. I liked how the focus of your presentation was on over and underdiagnoses of anxiety. Yes, anxiety is a natural emotion that every individual feels at some point in their life. I also can see how difficult it could be to diagnose anxiety or overlook it. The information you gave was excellent, and information—it gave me a different perspective to view and understand what goes into an anxiety diagnosis.