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Anxiety Disorder
Aka: Anxiety Disorder- See Also
- Anxiety Secondary Cause
- Anxiety Symptoms
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Body Dysmorphic Disorder
- Panic Disorder
- Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia)
- Acute Stress Disorder
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Excessive Worry
- Anxiety Non-pharmacologic Management
- Anxiety Pharmacologic Management
- Epidemiology
- Pathophysiology
- Hyperarousal state
- Begins in Brainstem reticular formation
- Locus Ceruleus (Secretes Norepinephrine)
- Dorsal and medial raphe nuclei (Secretes Serotonin)
- Differential Diagnosis
- See Anxiety Secondary Causes
- Mania or Bipolar Disorder
- Personality Disorder (Anxious cluster)
- Obsessive Compulsive Personality disorder
- Avoidant Personality Disorder
- Dependent Personality disorder
- Passive-Aggressive Personality Disorder
- Anxiety Adjustment Disorder
- Appropriate response to a life stressor
- Schizophrenia
- Somatoform Disorder
- Types: Primary Anxiety Disorder
- Symptoms
- See Anxiety Symptoms
- Excessive Worry
- May affect relationships
- Lab: Evaluation for Anxiety Secondary Causes
- Standard Studies
- Serum Chemistry profile
- Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH)
- Urine Drug Screen
- Studies if specifically indicated
- Serum Cortisol
- Urine Catecholamines
- Standard Studies
- Diagnostics: Evaluation for Anxiety Secondary Causes
- Standard Studies
- Studies if specifically indicated
- Electroencephalogram (EEG)
- Vestibular testing
- Echocardiography
- Evaluation
- See Anxiety Scales
- Management
- See Anxiety Medications
- See Anxiety Non-pharmacologic Management
- Treatment is specific for the Anxiety Disorder
- References