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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
Panic Attacks
Relatively brief but unexpected and overwhelming cognitive and physical symptoms of anxiety, such as chest pain, difficulty breathing, heart palpitations, sweating, and dizziness
ataque de nervios
a 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 experienced mainly by Japanese people in which people fear that their bodily functions or appearance will cause offence
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
Potential causes of anxiety disorders include learned associations between and among stimuli, maladaptive thinking or emotional responses, and biological or genetic sources.
Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders
Characterized by having obsessions and compulsions
Obsessions
unwanted thoughts
Compulsions
unwanted, often repetitive behaviors intended to deal with the 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, 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 consciousness, memory, identity, emotion, perception, body representation, motor control, and behavior
