Anxiety disorder

anxiety disorder

class of disease

Subclass of	cognitive disorder, disease
Studied by	psychiatry
Health specialty	psychiatry, clinical psychology
Possible treatment	psychotherapy
Get characteristic	anxiousness
Handled, mitigated, or managed by	cognitive behavioral therapy
ICD-9-CM	300.09
NCI Thesaurus ID	C2878

Anxiety disorders be a group of mental disorders wey be characterized by significant den uncontrollable feelings of anxiety den fear such dat a person ein social, occupational, den personal functions be significantly impaired. Anxiety fi cause physical den cognitive symptoms, such as a sense of impending doom, restlessness, irritability, easy fatigue, difficulty concentrating, increased heart rate, chest pain, abdominal pain, den a variety of oda symptoms wey dey vary based on de individual.

Insyd casual discourse, dem often dey use de words anxiety den fear interchangeably. Insyd clinical usage, dem get distinct meanings; anxiety be clinically defined as an unpleasant emotional state for wich de cause be either no be readily identified anaa perceived to be uncontrollable anaa unavoidable, whereas fear be clinically defined as an emotional den physiological response to a recognized external threat. De umbrella term 'anxiety disorder' dey refer to a number of specific disorders wey dey include fears (phobias) den/anaa anxiety symptoms.

Der be chaw types of anxiety disorders, wey dey include generalized anxiety disorder, hypochondriasis, specific phobia, social anxiety disorder, separation anxiety disorder, agoraphobia, panic disorder, den selective mutism. Individual disorders fi be diagnosed using de specific den unique symptoms, triggering events, den timing. A medical professional for evaluate a person before diagnosing dem plus an anxiety disorder to ensure say dema anxiety no fi be attributed to anoda medical illness anaa mental disorder. E be possible for an individual make dem get more dan one anxiety disorder during dema life anaa make de, get more dan one anxiety disorder at de same time. Comorbid mental disorders anaa substance use disorders be common insyd those plus anxiety. Dem dey see comorbid depression (lifetime prevalence) insyd 20–70% of those plus social anxiety disorder, 50% of those plus panic disorder den 43% of those plus general anxiety disorder. De 12 month prevalence of alcohol anaa substance use disorders insyd those plus anxiety disorders be 16.5%.

Worldwide, anxiety disorders be de second most common type of mental disorders after depressive disorders. Anxiety disorders dey affect nearly 30% of adults at sam point insyd dema lives, plus an estimated 4% of de global population currently wey dey experience an anxiety disorder. However, anxiety disorders be treatable, den a number of effective treatments be available. Chaw people be able to lead normal, productive lives plus sam form of treatment.

External links

• WHO fact sheet on anxiety disorders