anxiety disorders-DID

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

panic attacks

relatively brief but unexpected and overwhelming cognitive and physical symptoms of anxiety, such as chest pain, difficulty breathing, heart palpations, sweating, and dizziness

ataque de nervios

culture bound disorder identified mainly in people of caribbean 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 by japanese people in which people fear that their bodily functions or appearance will cause offense

generalized anxiety disorder

excessive, constant and long lasting anxiety that is not focused on any particular object or situation, characterized by agitation, difficulty sleeping, worry, and or tension

obsessive compulsive and related disorders

characterized by obsessions (unwanted thoughts) and compulsions (unwanted often repetier behaviors intended to deal with the obsessive thoughts)

obsessions

unwanted thoughts

compulsions

unwanted, often repetitive behaviors intended to deal with the obsessive thoughts

obsessive compulsive disorder

common obsessions include dirt, germs, fear of something bad happening, desire for order/symmetry; compulsions may include excessive hand washing, counting or ritualistic behaviors.

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 conciousness, 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)

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