Anxiety Classification | Manifestations - charactersitic

Anxiety

Anxiety is a vague feelings of apprehension or fear when natural human experience to stress. Everyone experiences it in their life and it becomes a problem when it is in excess, irrational, uncontrollable, and disruptive.

Anxiety disorders are a group of psychiatric conditions that involve excessive anxiety.

Manifestations of Anxiety

Verbal complaints - The patients say he/she is anxious, nervous

Somatic and autonomic symptoms - The patient is restless and agitated, has tachycardia, increased sweating, disturbed sleep (insomnia), weeping and often gastrointestinal disorders

Social effects - Inteference with normal productive activities

Anxiety may be a single episode or chronic disorder

Classification of Anxiety

·         Types of Anxiety Disorders

·         Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

·         Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

·         Generalized Anxiety Disorder

·         Panic Disorder

·         Phobias