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Overview Substance/medication-induced anxiety disorder involves prominent anxiety, panic attacks, or worry that develop during or soon after substance intoxication, withdrawal, or exposure to a medication known to be capable of producing these symptoms. Signs and Symptoms Symptoms can include excessive worry, panic-like episodes, or physical anxiety symptoms occurring in close temporal relationship to substance or …
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Overview Anxiety disorder due to another medical condition involves prominent anxiety, panic attacks, or worry, judged to be the direct physiological consequence of an underlying medical condition, such as thyroid disease, cardiac conditions, or respiratory illness. Signs and Symptoms Symptoms can include excessive worry, panic-like episodes, or physical anxiety symptoms occurring in close relationship to …
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Overview Postpartum anxiety involves persistent, excessive worry, nervousness, or fear occurring in the weeks or months following childbirth, often centered on the health or safety of the baby, causing significant distress. Signs and Symptoms Symptoms can include constant worry, racing thoughts, physical tension, difficulty sleeping even when the baby is asleep, and, in some cases, …
Overview Specific phobia involves marked fear or anxiety about a specific object or situation, such as flying, heights, animals, or blood, that is out of proportion to actual danger and leads to avoidance or intense distress. Signs and Symptoms Symptoms can include immediate fear response upon exposure to the feared object or situation, active avoidance, …
Overview Separation anxiety disorder involves developmentally inappropriate and excessive fear or anxiety about separation from home or attachment figures, persisting for at least four weeks in children or six months in adults. Signs and Symptoms Symptoms can include excessive distress when separation is anticipated, persistent worry about losing attachment figures, and reluctance to be alone …
Overview Selective mutism involves consistent failure to speak in specific social situations, such as school, despite speaking in other situations, such as at home, persisting for at least one month. Signs and Symptoms Symptoms can include silence in specific settings, interference with academic or social functioning, and underlying social anxiety. Experiencing one or more of …
Overview Agoraphobia involves marked fear or anxiety about two or more situations such as public transportation, open spaces, enclosed spaces, crowds, or being outside the home alone, driven by thoughts that escape might be difficult. Signs and Symptoms Symptoms can include intense anxiety in or anticipation of these situations, active avoidance, or needing a companion …
Overview Anxiety disorders are a group of conditions, including generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and social anxiety disorder, that share features of excessive fear, anxiety, or avoidance behavior that is out of proportion to actual risk. Signs and Symptoms Symptoms can include excessive worry, restlessness, muscle tension, sleep disturbance, rapid heartbeat, and avoidance of anxiety-provoking …
Overview Social anxiety disorder involves persistent, marked fear or anxiety about one or more social situations in which a person may be observed or evaluated by others, such as public speaking, meeting new people, or eating in front of others. Signs and Symptoms Symptoms can include intense fear of embarrassment or negative judgment, physical symptoms …
Overview Panic disorder involves recurrent, unexpected panic attacks — sudden surges of intense fear or discomfort — along with persistent concern about having additional attacks or significant changes in behavior related to them. Signs and Symptoms A panic attack can involve a racing heart, chest tightness, shortness of breath, dizziness, trembling, sweating, and a sense …