Definition of anxiety disorder Anxiety disorder
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What does anxiety disorder mean?
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| anxiety disorder - a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom | ||
| folie, mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder, disturbance (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness | ||
| anxiety reaction, generalized anxiety disorder, gad 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; "phobic disorder is a general term for all phobias" | ||
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