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Stress is highly individualized and depends on variables such as the novelty, rate, intensity, duration, or personal interpretation of the input, and genetic or experiential factors. Both acute and chronic stress can intensify morbidity from anxiety disorders. One person's fun may be another person's stressor.
300.3 Obsessive–compulsive disorder; 309.81 Posttraumatic stress disorder; 308.3 Acute stress disorder; 300.02 Generalized anxiety disorder; 293.84 Anxiety disorder due to ... [indicate the general medical condition] (coded 293.89 in the DSM-IV) 300.00 Anxiety disorder NOS; Somatoform disorders. 300.81 Somatization disorder
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ( DSM; latest edition: DSM-5-TR, published in March 2022 [1]) is a publication by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) for the classification of mental disorders using a common language and standard criteria. It is the main book for the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders ...
Mood disorders. Trauma and stressor related disorders. Neuro-developmental disorders. Sleep-wake disorders. Neuro-cognitive disorders. Substance-related and addictive disorders. Paraphilias. Somatic symptom related disorders. Sexual dysfunctions.
A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness, [6] a mental health condition, [7] or a psychiatric disability, [2] is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning. [8] A mental disorder is also characterized by a clinically significant disturbance in an individual's cognition ...
Anxiety disorders. Appendix disorders. Articulation disorders. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Autonomic nerve disorders. Acute stress disorder. Adjustment disorder. Agoraphobia. Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD, sometimes hyphenated C-PTSD) is a stress-related mental disorder generally occurring in response to complex traumas, i.e., commonly prolonged or repetitive exposures to a series of traumatic events, within which individuals perceive little or no chance to escape.
Individual disorders can be diagnosed using the specific and unique symptoms, triggering events, and timing of a given person. A medical professional must evaluate a person before diagnosing them with an anxiety disorder to ensure that their anxiety cannot be attributed to another medical illness or mental disorder.