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Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is a disorder arising from a problem in the inner ear. [ 3 ] Symptoms are repeated, brief periods of vertigo with movement, characterized by a spinning sensation upon changes in the position of the head. [ 1 ] This can occur with turning in bed or changing position. [ 3 ]
Frequency. 3–5% (lifetime prevalence) [ 4 ] Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a mental and behavioral disorder, [ 5 ] specifically an anxiety disorder characterized by excessive, uncontrollable and often irrational worry about events or activities. [ 6 ] Worry often interferes with daily functioning, and individuals with GAD are often ...
Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAM-A) [6][7] Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Panic and Agoraphobia Scale (PAS) Panic Disorder Severity Scale (PDSS) PTSD Symptom Scale – Self-Report Version. Screen for child anxiety related disorders. Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory-Brief form.
Mixed anxiety–depressive disorder (MADD) is a diagnostic category that defines patients who have both anxiety and depressive symptoms of limited and equal intensity accompanied by at least some autonomic nervous system features. Autonomic features are involuntary physical symptoms usually caused by an overactive nervous system, such as panic ...
Generalized anxiety disorder is "characterized by chronic excessive worry accompanied by three or more of the following symptoms: restlessness, fatigue, concentration problems, irritability, muscle tension, and sleep disturbance". [13] Generalized anxiety disorder is the most common anxiety disorder to affect older adults. [14]
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is an international standard diagnostic classification for a wide variety of health conditions. The ICD-10 states that mental disorder is "not an exact term", although is generally used "...to imply the existence of a clinically recognisable set of symptoms or behaviours associated in most cases with distress and with interference with ...
Balance disorder. A balance disorder is a disturbance that causes an individual to feel unsteady, for example when standing or walking. It may be accompanied by feelings of giddiness, or wooziness, or having a sensation of movement, spinning, or floating. Balance is the result of several body systems working together: the visual system (eyes ...
The term chronic subjective dizziness (CSD) is used to describe a commonly encountered type of dizziness that is not easily categorized into one of several other types, and for which the physical examination is typically normal. Patients with CSD frequently initially suffer a sudden injury of some sort to their vestibular system, the neurologic ...