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Anxiety Disorders Learning Center

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Social Anxiety Disorder

Phobias

Panic Attacks and Panic Disorder

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Acute Stress Disorder

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Anxiety Disorders

The anxiety disorders are a group of mental disturbances characterized by anxiety as a central or core symptom. Although anxiety is a commonplace experience, not everyone who experiences it has an anxiety disorder.

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Social Anxiety Disorder

Social phobia is a persistent and irrational fear of situations that may involve scrutiny or judgment by others, such as parties and other social events.

Phobias

A phobia is a persistent and irrational fear of a particular type of object, animal, activity, or situation.

Panic Attacks and Panic Disorder

Panic disorder is an anxiety disorder that causes repeated, unexpected attacks of intense fear. These attacks may last from minutes to hours. See also: Generalized anxiety disorder

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a pattern of frequent, constant worry and anxiety over many different activities and events.

Acute Stress Disorder

Acute stress disorder (ASD) is an anxiety disorder characterized by a cluster of dissociative and anxiety symptoms occurring within one month of a traumatic event. (Dissociation is a psychologi...

Anxiety

Stress can come from any situation or thought that makes you feel frustrated, angry, or anxious. What is stressful to one person is not necessarily stressful to another. Anxiety is a feeling of app...