Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01440:reg:7:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01440
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 7 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 4730–7290

The disturbance does not occur exclusively during the course of a delirium; and
(e)          The disturbance causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational or other important areas of functioning.

(5)          substance/medication-induced anxiety disorder meets the following criteria (derived from DSM-5-TR):
(a)          Panic attacks or anxiety is predominant in the clinical picture;
(b)          There is evidence from the history, physical examination or laboratory findings of both (i) and (ii):
(i)            the symptoms in Criterion A developed during or soon after substance intoxication or withdrawal, or after exposure to or withdrawal from a medication; and
(ii)         the substance/medication involved is capable of producing the symptoms in Criterion A;
(c)          The disturbance is not better explained by an anxiety disorder that is not substance/medication-induced. Such evidence of an independent anxiety disorder includes the following:
(i)            the symptoms precede the onset of the substance/medication use; or
(ii)         the symptoms persist for more than one month after the cessation of acute withdrawal or severe intoxication; or
(iii)       there is other evidence suggesting the existence of an independent non-substance/medication-induced anxiety disorder (for example, a history of recurrent non-substance/medication-related episodes);
(d)          The disturbance does not occur exclusively during the course of a delirium; and
(e)          The disturbance causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational or other important areas of functioning.

(6)          other specified anxiety disorder and unspecified anxiety disorder have prominent symptoms of anxiety that cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational or other important areas of functioning, however, these anxiety symptoms do not meet the full criteria for any of the other anxiety disorders (derived from DSM-5-TR).

(7)          This definition of anxiety disorder excludes: agoraphobia, panic disorder, selective mutism, separation anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder and specific phobia.
Note: DSM-5-TR is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
Death from anxiety disorder
(8)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, anxiety disorder, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's anxiety disorder.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.