Anxiety Disorder

     Group where which condition primary symptoms are anxiety and defenses against anxiety 

   

•   Phobia-Person has an extreme or irrational fear to something

                  Ex:Claustrophobia-fear of enclosed spaces

                       Agoraphobia: fear of being in public place 

• Generalized anxiety Disorder (GAD)-a person is continuously tense, worried and over sensitive

• Panic disorder-Where a person experience a long episode of terror ,chest pain choking and etc. 

• Obsessive-Compulsive disorder-where a person has unwanted thoughts they feel the need to engage in a particular way

                     Ex:organization; dirt ;germs 

• Post-traumatic stress disorder-flashbacks or nightmares of the terrifically event

                    Ex:War veteran