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Anxiety disorders
characterized by excessive fear and/or anxiety with related disturbances to behavior
Specific phobia
dysfunctional fear of a specific object or situation
Acrophobia
fear of heights
Arachnophobia
fear of spiders
Agoraphobia
fear of specific social situations, such as being in a crowd or being in an enclosed public space like a theater, that might cause feelings of panic or being trapped, helpless or embarrassed.
Panic disorder
characterized by frequent panic attacks - relatively brief but unexpected and overwhelming cognitive and physical symptoms of anxiety, such as chest pain, difficulty breathing, heart palpatations, sweating and dizziness.
ataq
ataque de nervios
culture-bound disorder identified mainly in people of Carribean or Iberian descent, characterized by dizziness, difficulty breathing, accelerated heart rate, screaming, crying, aggression and/or dissociative episodes in response to challenging social circumstances or traumatic events.
Social anxiety disorder
an intense fear of being watched or judged by others, different from but sometimes overlapping with agoraphobia.
Taijin kyofusho
culture-bound anxiety disorder mainly experienced by Japanese people in which people fear that their bodily functions or appearance will cause offence.
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
excessive, constant and long-lasting anxiety that is not focused on any particular object or situation, characterized by agitation, difficulty sleeping, worry/tension. Potential causes of anxiety disorders include learned associations between and among stimuli, maladaptive thinking or emotional responses.
Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders
Characterized by obsessions (unwanted thoughts) and compulsions (unwanted, often repetitive behaviors intended to deal with these obsessive thoughts)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
common obsessions include dirt/germs, fear of something bad happening, desire for order/symmetry; compulsions may include excessive hand-washing, counting, etc…
Hoarding disorder
People with this have difficulty parting with possessions, creating clutter that interferes with normal functioning and causes distress
Dissociative disorders
characterized by dissociations (departures) from consciousness, memory, identity, emotion, perception, body representation, motor control and behavior
Dissociative amnesia
sudden loss of memory, including about personal identity, with no physiological cause. May occur with or without fugue, when a person leaves their familiar environment
Dissociative identity disorder
(formally known as multiple personalities disorder)- a person reports having more than one identity. The identities may or may not be aware of each other.
