Anxiety Disorders

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Generalised anxiety (constant worry)Clinical name: Generalized Anxiety DisorderWorry that has slipped its leash: persistent, exhausting, and far more treatable than it feels.7 min read Panic attacks and panic disorderClinical name: Panic DisorderA surge of fear so physical that most people think it is a heart attack. It is not, and it responds to treatment.10 min read Social anxietyClinical name: Social Anxiety DisorderNot shyness. An intense fear of being judged that quietly redirects whole lives, and one of psychiatry’s most treatable conditions.9 min read PhobiasClinical name: Specific PhobiaHeights, needles, dogs, flying: the most common anxiety disorder on earth, and often cured in a handful of sessions.8 min read AgoraphobiaClinical name: AgoraphobiaWhen the safe zone shrinks, ring by ring, until home is the only territory left. The direction of travel can reverse.8 min read Separation anxiety (children and adults)Clinical name: Separation Anxiety DisorderTears at the school gate, and the adult version nobody talks about. When attachment fear rules daily life.9 min read Selective mutismClinical name: Selective MutismChatty at home, silent at school. An anxiety condition, not defiance, and very responsive to early help.9 min read Anxiety caused by substances or medicinesClinical name: Substance/Medication-Induced Anxiety DisorderCaffeine, khat, cannabis, alcohol withdrawal, even an inhaler: when the trigger is chemical, the first treatment is finding it.8 min read