Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 overly concerned about everyday matters such as ...
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". [11] Generalized anxiety disorder is the most common anxiety disorder to affect older adults. [12]
Panic disorder. Panic disorder is a mental and behavioral disorder, [ 5] specifically an anxiety disorder characterized by reoccurring unexpected panic attacks. [ 1] Panic attacks are sudden periods of intense fear that may include palpitations, sweating, shaking, shortness of breath, numbness, or a feeling that something terrible is going to ...
Anxiety disorders are a group of mental disorders characterized by exaggerated feelings of anxiety and fear responses. [ 7] Anxiety is a worry about future events and fear is a reaction to current events. These feelings may cause physical symptoms, such as a fast heart rate and shakiness.
A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness, [ 6] a mental health condition, [ 7] or a psychiatric disability, [ 2] is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning. [ 8] A mental disorder is also characterized by a clinically significant disturbance in an individual's ...
Agoraphobia is a condition where individuals become anxious in unfamiliar environments or where they perceive that they have little control. Triggers for this anxiety may include wide-open spaces, crowds (social anxiety), or traveling (even short distances). Agoraphobia is often, but not always, compounded by a fear of social embarrassment, as ...
Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 item. Synonyms. GAD-7. LOINC. 69737-5. The Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 ( GAD-7) is a self-reported questionnaire for screening and severity measuring of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). [ 1] The GAD-7 is normally used in outpatient and primary care settings for referral to a psychiatrist pending outcome. [ 2]
Somatic symptom disorder, also known as somatoform disorder, or somatization disorder, is defined by one or more chronic physical symptoms that coincide with excessive and maladaptive thoughts, emotions, and behaviors connected to those symptoms. The symptoms are not deliberately produced or feigned, and they may or may not coexist with a known ...