Anxiety Disorders

A Panic Attack is a period of time in which there is the sudden feelings of apprehension, fearfulness, or terror, often associated=d with feelings of impending doom. During these attacks symptoms such as shortness of breath , palpitations, chest pain or discomfort, choking or smothering sensations and fear of “going crazy” or losing control are present.

Agoraphobia is anxiety about or avoidance of places or situations from which escape might be difficult or embarrassing. The anxiety typically leads to avoidance of a variety of situations and may impair their ability to work or carry out homemaking responsibilities.

Panic Attack With Agoraphobia is both recurrent unexpected Panic Attacks and Agoraphobia.

Agoraphobia Without History of Panic Disorder is the presence of Agoraphobia and panic-like symptoms with out a history of Panic Attacks.Specific Phobia is the fear of confronting certain social situations. Symptoms include intense self consciousness, unreasonable fear of embarrassment, as well as physical symptoms like blushing, trembling, sweating or muscle tension.

Social Phobia is anxiety provoked by a specific feared object or situation. Phobias can include Animal Type (e.g. animals and insects); Natural Environment Type (e.g. thunderstorms, heights, water); Blood-Injection Injury Type (e.g. receiving an injection or other bodily injury); Situational Type (e.g. tunnels, bridges, elevators, flying, enclosed places) and Other Type (e.g. choking, vomiting, contracting an illness). Most of the time the person recognizes that the fear is unreasonable.

Acute Stress Disorder

is when a person is exposed to a traumatic event in which the person experienced, witnessed or was confronted by threatened death or serious injury. The person’s response is intense fear, helplessness or horror. While experiencing the event the was a sense of numbing, detachment or absence of emotion; unable to recall important aspects of the trauma and depersonalization. The person experiences the event through recurring thoughts, images, dreams or flashbacks increasing the persons anxiety.

Anxiety Disorder Due to a General Medical Condition is characterized by prominent symptoms of anxiety that are a direct consequence of a general medical condition.

Substance Induced Anxiety Disorder

prominent symptoms of anxiety that are due to drugs, medications or toxin exposure.

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