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Anxiety
Feelings or emotions of dread, apprehension, and impending disaster but not disabling as with ANXIETY DISORDERS.
Performance Anxiety
Anxiety related to the execution of a task. (Campbell's Psychiatric Dictionary, 9th ed.)
Year introduced: 2012
Dental Anxiety
Abnormal fear or dread of visiting the dentist for preventive care or therapy and unwarranted anxiety over dental procedures.
Year introduced: 1992
Anti-Anxiety Agents
Agents that alleviate ANXIETY, tension, and ANXIETY DISORDERS, promote sedation, and have a calming effect without affecting clarity of consciousness or neurologic conditions. ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS are commonly used in the symptomatic treatment of anxiety but are not included here.
Year introduced: 1995
Test Anxiety Scale
A self-reporting test consisting of items concerning fear and worry about taking tests and physiological activity, such as heart rate, sweating, etc., before, during, and after tests.
Year introduced: 1991(1975)
Manifest Anxiety Scale
True-false questionnaire made up of items believed to indicate anxiety, in which the subject answers verbally the statement that describes him.
Anxiety, Separation
Anxiety experienced by an individual upon separation from a person or object of particular significance to the individual.
Year introduced: 1968
Anxiety, Castration
Anxiety due to fantasized injuries to or loss of the genitals.
Year introduced: 1970(1965)
Anxiety Disorders
Persistent and disabling ANXIETY.
Year introduced: 1981
Test Anxiety
Anxiety related to situations where abilities or knowledge are being tested.
Year introduced: 2021
Phobia, Social
Anxiety disorder characterized by the persistent and irrational fear, anxiety, or avoidance of social or performance situations.
Year introduced: 2017
Patient Health Questionnaire
A self-administered version of the Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders (PRIME-MD), a diagnostic tool containing modules on multiple mental health disorders including anxiety, alcohol, eating, and somatoform modules. The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) is designed specifically for mood/depression scoring each of the 9 DSM-IV criteria based on the mood module from the original PRIME-MD. The Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7) scores 7 common anxiety symptoms.
Year introduced: 2018
Anti-Anxiety Agents [Pharmacological Action]
general anxiety disorder [Supplementary Concept]
Date introduced: February 13, 2023