Anxiety disorders are a group of mental disorders characterized by significant and uncontrollable feelings of anxiety and fear such that a person's social, occupational, and personal functions are significantly impaired. Anxiety may cause physical and cognitive symptoms, including a sense of impending doom, restlessness, irritability, and increased heart rate.
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ICD-10 ChapterV: Mental and Behavioural Disorders 2 Communicable or Non-communicable Transmission Route Causative Agent
Causative Agent (category) Causative Agent (category)Idiopathic / Multifactorial 1 Condition Class Anxiety Disorder
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Mindfulness-based stress reduction is used as a treatment for anxiety disorders.
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Anxiety disorders are a group of mental disorders characterized by significant and uncontrollable feelings of anxiety and fear such that a person's social, occupational, and personal functions are significantly impaired.
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causes: Genetic, environmental, and psychological factors
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Anxiety may cause physical and cognitive symptoms, such as a sense of impending doom, restlessness, irritability, easy fatigue, difficulty concentrating, increased heart rate, chest pain, abdominal pain, and a variety of other symptoms that vary based on the individual.
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Mental and behavioural disorders
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Subclass of: cognitive disorder
Diazepam (Wikipedia)
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acts as an anxiolytic
Sertraline (Wikipedia)
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generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder
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In clinical practice, MCT is most commonly used for treating anxiety disorders such as social anxiety disorder, generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), health anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as well as depression, though the model was designed to be transdiagnostic (meaning it focuses on common psychological factors thought to maintain all psychological disorders).
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