| Type of anxiety disorder |
Reason or causative factors |
Sign and symptoms |
| Acute anxiety disorder |
Stressful incidence in life |
Nervousness, Fear, Weakness of memory, Irritability, difficulty in concentration, Disturbed sleep, Helplessness etc. |
| Anxiety due to medical causes |
Any Chronic disease (may or may not be life threatening) E.g. Diabetes, High BP, Asthma, TB, Thyroid, skin disease etc |
Nervousness, Fear of death, Weakness of memory, Irritability, difficulty in concentration, Disturbed sleep, Helplessness etc. |
| Specific Phobia (Fear) |
Height, darkness, water etc |
Excessive persistent irrational fear, Patient tries to avoid that specific thing any how. |
| Social phobia |
Social meetings |
Fear of crowd, Fear of negative evaluation Inferiority, suffocation etc |
| Post-traumatic stress disorder |
Frightening or traumatic event (It may lasts for 3 months to years together) |
Fear of same thing to repeat. Restriction in activity. Sleep disturbances, depression, feeling detached or numb easy startling are commonly experienced. Often there are feelings of loss of pleasure or interest in previously enjoyable activities |
| Panic disorder |
Stressful event in life |
Chest Pains, Pounding Heart, Fear of dying, Sweating, Shortness of breath or a feeling of smothering or choking, Shaking or trembling, Feelings of unreality, Tingling or numbing, Nausea or stomach problems, Flushes or chills |
| Generalized anxiety disorders |
Trifles like daily work, study, performance, events etc |
Restlessness Irritability Difficulty in concentrating Sleep disturbances (difficulty in falling asleep, frequent waking in the middle) Easy fatigue |
| Obsessive compulsive disorder |
Any object (e.g rubber bands,) or feeling (being unhygienic) |
Obsession and compulsion Patient is thoroughly occupied (obsessed) with one thought and cant control himself from doing that (compulsion) e. continuous hand wash, checking locks, collecting rubber bands etc |
| Substance induced anxiety disorders |
Some conventional medicines like sleeping pills, pain killers. And others like coccain, caffeine, charas etc |
Nervousness, loss of interest, sleeplessness, excessive sleep, numbness, decreased intellect etc |