The following is a list of different types of Anxiety Disorders and links to pages that provide more detail on each type. The links will provide a general overview of anxiety disorders, including the DSM-1V diagnosis criterion and in some cases, a response to a question.
Clinicians have a number of ways to assess if someone has an anxiety disorder.
Everybody feels anxious or fearful from time to time. Anxiety and fear are normal, healthy emotions that help us to deal effectively with potentially dangerous or threatening situations. That is, it should persist despite the fact that there is no realistic danger. Often, after experiencing some sort of stressful life situation, people do experience periods of anxiety and tension. Normally the anxiety decreases as the stress fades into the distance.