Anxiety disorders-Dissociative Identity Disorder

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.