Excessive Fear and Worry: Individuals with anxiety disorders experience intense and persistent fear or worry that is disproportionate to the actual threat.


Avoidance Behaviors: In an attempt to manage anxiety, individuals may avoid certain situations, places, or activities that trigger their symptoms.


Physical Symptoms: Anxiety disorders can manifest with a range of physical symptoms, including increased heart rate, sweating, muscle tension, and gastrointestinal distress.


Impact on Daily Functioning: These disorders can impair social, occupational, and other areas of functioning, leading to significant distress and interference in daily life.

Types of Disorders

Separation Anxiety Disorder: Characterized by excessive fear or anxiety concerning separation from attachment figures, leading to distress or impairment.


Selective Mutism: Involves consistent failure to speak in specific social situations where there is an expectation to speak, despite speaking in other situations.


Specific Phobia: Marked by excessive fear or anxiety about a specific object or situation, leading to avoidance behaviors.


Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia): Involves intense fear or anxiety about social situations, leading to avoidance of social interactions or performance situations.


Panic Disorder: Characterized by recurrent unexpected panic attacks, along with persistent concern or worry about future attacks and changes in behavior related to the attacks.


Agoraphobia: Involves fear or anxiety about situations where escape might be difficult or help might not be available in the event of panic-like symptoms or other incapacitating symptoms.


Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD): Marked by excessive anxiety and worry about a variety of events or activities, occurring more days than not for at least six months.


Substance/Medication-Induced Anxiety Disorder: Anxiety symptoms that are attributed to the physiological effects of a substance or medication.


Other Anxiety Disorders (Specified and Unspecified Disorders): Includes anxiety disorders that do not fit into the specific categories mentioned above.