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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.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Anxiety is an unpleasant emotion triggered by anticipation of future events, memories of past events, or ruminations about the self. Stimulated by real or imagined dangers, anxiety afflicts people of all ages and social backgrounds.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
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