anxiety
Let an agent explain anxiety as an emotion and as disorders in general terms from psychological and clinical sources, describe kinds, causes and treatments, provide crisis routing, and route personal concerns to mental health professionals.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain anxiety as an emotion and as disorders in general terms from psychological and clinical sources, describe kinds, causes and treatments, provide crisis routing, and route personal concerns to mental health professionals.
An emotion of unease, worry and apprehension about future events or uncertain outcomes, accompanied by bodily arousal, that is normal and adaptive in proportion but becomes a disorder when excessive, persistent and impairing, as in generalised anxiety disorder, panic disorder, phobias, social anxiety, performance anxiety and mixed anxiety-depressive disorder, with everyday forms such as fear of the future or future tripping and specific forms such as spatial anxiety about navigation; anxiety disorders are common and treatable with psychological therapy and medication.
What it is for: Not applicable; an emotion and clinical condition.
It can be explain the emotion and disorders; relay kinds and causes; relay treatments; route crisis and personal concerns.
Distinguishing features
Future orientation
Bodily arousal
Continuum from normal to disorder
Treatable
What it looks like
Not a visible object; worry, tension and bodily arousal.
Physical character
lifetime prevalence of anxiety disorders: about 25-30 percent - in high-income countries
people with anxiety disorders worldwide: about 300 million - WHO estimates
How it is recognised
Apprehension about future or uncertain events
Normal anxiety; generalised, panic, social, performance and mixed anxiety-depressive disorders; fear of the future; spatial anxiety
Fear responds to present threat; stress is a response to demands; depression centres on low mood
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is contrasted with - which responds to present threat
becomes - when excessive and impairing
is treated by - among other approaches
In practice
Families and kinds
normal and adaptive anxiety
generalised anxiety disorder
panic disorder and agoraphobia
social anxiety and performance anxiety
specific phobias
mixed anxiety-depressive disorder
everyday forms such as fear of the future and future tripping
specific forms such as spatial anxiety
Identifiers
ICD-11 6B00-6B0Z anxiety or fear-related disorders
MeSH D001007 anxiety
Standards and regulation
Clinical guidelines such as NICE and APA on anxiety disorders
Diagnostic criteria in ICD-11 and DSM-5
Mental health service standards
Failure modes and hazards
Agents giving personal diagnosis or treatment advice
Missing crisis situations
Stigma
Confusing normal anxiety with disorder
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.anxiety-feeling
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Help Support first.
Safety.
Crisis
Crisis support.
Crisis
Crisis.
- What crisis lines and urgent services exist for someone in severe distress? action
- Is the user in crisis or at risk, which needs immediate support services? boundary
Care
Getting help.
Care
Care.
- How can someone seek assessment and support for anxiety, in general terms? provenance
- Is the user asking about their own anxiety beyond general information, which needs a professional? boundary
Understand What anxiety is.
Clinical.
Definition
Emotion and disorder.
Definition
Definition.
- What is anxiety, how does it differ from fear and stress, and when does it become a disorder? definition
- Is the question about everyday anxiety, a disorder or a specific form such as performance or spatial anxiety? boundary
Kinds
Kinds.
Kinds
Kinds.
- What are generalised, panic, social, performance and mixed anxiety-depressive disorders? definition
- Which entry fits the specific kind? action
Treat Causes and treatment.
Clinical.
Causes
Causes.
Causes
Causes.
- What biological, psychological and social factors contribute to anxiety, with research attributed? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Treatment
Treatment.
Treatment
Treatment.
- What treatments do guidelines recommend, from CBT and other therapies to medication and self-help, in general terms? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Context Society and history.
Context.
Society
Society and culture.
Society
Society.
- How do culture, work and technology shape anxiety, and how is stigma addressed? provenance
- Which entry fits mental health stigma? action
History
History.
History
History.
- How have philosophers and clinicians understood anxiety from Kierkegaard to modern psychiatry? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of psychiatry? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should generalised anxiety disorder and panic disorder be separate primary entries?
- How should clinical guidelines be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming everyday and specialised forms; should they be split off?