Anxiety disorder

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Broader Terms

mental disorder

Narrower Terms

obsessive compulsive disorder, panic disorder, phobia, posttraumatic stress disorder

Facts

• Anxiety disorder is a condition in which severe anxiety is present together with daily functioning.
• Anxiety disorder is defined by a protracted period of anxiety and worry, accompanied by multiple associated symptoms.
• Anxiety disorder is distinguished from other medical and psychiatric conditions and normal worrying principally by the long duration of the anxiety and the resultant impairment in daily functioning.
• Social anxiety disorder is a common psychiatric illness that imposes persistent functional impairment and disability on persons who have the disorder.
• Anxiety disorder is a term for several different forms of abnormal, pathological anxiety, fears, phobias and nervous conditions that may appear suddenly or gradually over a period of several years.

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