Anxiety
Anxiety is a normal response to an unusual or stressful event; it is the psychological component of the "flight or fight" response.
Anxiety is considered abnormal when:
- it is excessively severe or prolonged
- it occurs in the absence of a stressful event
- it impairs social, physical or occupational functioning
Related pages
- Types of anxiety disorder
- Epidemiology
- Aetiological factors
- Clinical features
- Differential diagnosis
- Treatment of anxiety disorder
- Driving (and severe anxiety states or depression)
- NICE guidance - anxiety: management of anxiety (panic disorder, with or without agoraphobia, and generalised anxiety disorder) in adults
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