ANXIETY DISORDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anxiety disorder mean? 

• ANXIETY DISORDER (noun)
  The noun ANXIETY DISORDER has 1 sense:

1. a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom

  Familiarity information: ANXIETY DISORDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANXIETY DISORDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("anxiety disorder" is a kind of...):

disturbance; folie; mental disorder; mental disturbance; psychological disorder ((psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anxiety disorder"):

anxiety reaction; GAD; generalized anxiety disorder (an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months)

obsessive-compulsive disorder (an anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent and persistent thoughts and feelings and repetitive, ritualized behaviors)

panic disorder (an anxiety disorder characterized by unpredictable panic attacks; the attacks are usually severe but brief)

phobia; phobic disorder; phobic neurosis (an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations)

posttraumatic stress disorder; PTSD (an anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as survivor guilt, reliving the trauma in dreams, numbness and lack of involvement with reality, or recurrent thoughts and images)

 Context examples 

A seven item validated, self-reported questionnaire for screening, and assessing the severity of generalized anxiety disorder in clinical practice and research settings.

(Generalized Anxiety Disorder - 7 Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

A self-administered diagnostic instrument developed to screen for generalized anxiety disorder.

(Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

An anxiety disorder in which a person has intrusive ideas, thoughts, or images that occur repeatedly, and in which he or she feels driven to perform certain behaviors over and over again.

(Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, NCI Dictionary)

An anxiety disorder characterized by excessive and difficult-to-control worry about a number of life situations.

(Generalized anxiety disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Other symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder include being restless, being tired or irritable, muscle tension, not being able to concentrate or sleep well, shortness of breath, fast heartbeat, sweating, and dizziness.

(Generalized anxiety disorder, NCI Dictionary)

It is also being studied in the treatment of pain and nerve problems (numbness, tingling) caused by chemotherapy and in the treatment of low back pain, autism, certain anxiety disorders, and schizophrenia.

(Cycloserine, NCI Dictionary)

They usually start in the teenage years and often occur along with depression, anxiety disorders, and substance abuse.

(Eating Disorders, NIH: National Institute of Mental Health)

A drug used to treat depression and certain anxiety disorders.

(Effexor, NCI Dictionary)

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a type of anxiety disorder.

(Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, NIH: National Institute of Mental Health)

An anxiety disorder characterized by multiple unexpected panic attacks with persistent concern of recurring attacks.

(Panic Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)