Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety disorder is a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom. Generalized anxiety disorder Agoraphobia Social anxiety disorder Phobias Panic disorder Post-traumatic stress disorder Separation anxiety.

Acute Stress Disorder:
Acute stress Disorder is a psychological condition arising in response to a terrifying or traumatic event. It should not be confused with the unrelated circulatory condition of shock, or the concept of shock value.

Panic Disorder:
Panic Disorder is a psychiatric disorder in which debilitating anxiety and fear arise frequently and without reasonable cause.

Agoraphobia Without History of Panic Disorder:
Agoraphobia without a history of panic disorder is an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme fear of experiencing panic symptoms, of panic attacks. Agoraphobia typically develops as a result of having panic disorder.

Social Phobia:
Social Phobia is any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with situations in which you are subject to criticism by others as fear of eating in public or public speaking etc.

Specific Phobia: (formerly Simple Phobia)
Specific Phobia is a generic term for any kind of anxiety disorder that amounts to an unreasonable or irrational fear related to exposure to specific objects or situations.

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder:
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is an anxiety disorder characterized by intrusive thoughts that produce uneasiness, apprehension, fear, or worry; by repetitive behaviors aimed at reducing the associated anxiety; or by a combination of such obsessions and compulsions.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder:
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is a condition of persistent mental and emotional stress occurring as a result of injury or severe psychological shock, typically involving disturbance of sleep and constant vivid recall of the experience, with dulled responses to others and to the outside world.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder:
Generalized Anxiety Disorder is an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.