Anxiety Disorders

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Considered the most common and frequently occurring mental disorders. Often chronic in nature, these disorders are associated with severe impairments across interpersonal and social domains

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Anxiety disorders

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A mood state wherein a person anticipates future danger or misfortune with apprehension. This response causes a markedly negative effect consisting primarily of tension and somatic features

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Anxiety

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A normal part of a child’s development, but when it persists past a certain age or significantly impacts activities, then it can be a problem

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Separation anxiety

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Considered a rare disorder. Formerly known as elective mutism, is characterized by the child’s inability to speak in certain settings where speaking is expected while they are able to speak in other settings

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Selective mutism

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Used to describe an extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations

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Phobia

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Defined as any persistent, unreasonable, and irrational fear of a specific object (dogs or cats) or situation (flying, heights, animals, receiving an injection, or seeing blood) that causes intense distress

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Specific phobia

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Excessive or unreasonable fear of animals and insects

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Animal phobia

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At a very early age some children develop fears of situations or events occurring in nature (ex;heights, storms, water)

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Natural environment phobias

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Those with these phobias fear needles or invasive medical procedures

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Blood-injection-injury phobias

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People who have this phobia would have difficulty using public transportation (ex; buses, trains, and airplanes), or being in enclosed places such as elevators

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Situational phobia

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Commonly referred to as performance anxiety, a condition in which a person fears performing publicly lest he or she be revealed as inept, foolish, or inadequate thereby suffering disgrace, humiliation, or embarassment

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Social anxiety disorder

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Being unable to urinate when others are present (aka bashful bladder)

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Paruresis

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The fear of blushing

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Erythrophobia

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Recurrent and unexpected panic attacks that last for a very short time, usually within minutes, accompanied by intense fear or discomfort

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Panic disorder

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Literally means “fear of the marketplace.” This includes the fear of the likelihood of suddenly becoming ill, not being able to escape, or not being able to receive immediate help. The person is afraid of being incapacitated or embarrassed

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Agoraphobia

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In this type of avoidance, the person removes him- or her- self from situations or activities that might evoke the physiological arousal that resembles the beginnings of a panic attack

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Interoceptive avoidance

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Individuals with this disorder do not focus on any particular object, situation, or person. Rather, the anxiety they suffer pervades their entire lives and significantly interferes in all aspects of life functioning

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Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)

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The kind of anxiety experienced but not attached to any specific situation

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Free-floating anxiety