Articles about Anxiety

Illness Anxiety Disorder is characterised by persistent, excessive fear of having or developing a serious illness, often in the absence of significant physical symptoms, ...

Other Specified Anxiety Disorder is a diagnostic category for clinically significant anxiety that does not meet full criteria for a specific disorder, allowing clinicians...

Unspecified Anxiety Disorder is a provisional diagnosis applied when clinically significant anxiety symptoms are evident but cannot yet be precisely classified, allowing ...

When physical symptoms take centre stage, the real burden often lies in the distress around them. Somatic Symptom Disorder captures this pattern, where genuine bodily con...

PMDD is a severe, cyclical mood disorder linked to the menstrual cycle that goes far beyond PMS. It can cause intense emotional instability, functional impairment, and di...

Mood and affect assessment helps clinicians understand both how you feel over time and how those emotions appear in the moment. Together, they offer a clearer picture of ...