Learn about symptoms used by psychiatrists and other mental health professionals as diagnostic criteria for panic attacks, posttraumatic stress disorder, and other anxiety disorders. This section also includes information provided by the NIMH on anxiety disorders in general, OCD in particular, and on interventions for children suffering from trauma.
Anxiety symptoms affect over 13% of the adult population. This section provides descriptions of the symptoms employed by psychiatrists as diagnostic criteria for panic attacks, posttraumatic stress disorder, and other anxiety disorders.
The formal diagnosis of acute stress disorder rests on these symptoms, which can be evaluated by psychiatrists and other mental health professionals.
The formal diagnosis of agoraphobia without a history of panic disorders rests on these symptoms, which can be evaluated by psychiatrists and other mental health professionals.
What are the causes of obsessive-compulsive disorder and other anxiety disorders? Also see the separate article .
The formal diagnosis of generalized anxiety disorder rests on these symptoms, which can be evaluated by psychiatrists and other mental health professionals.
The formal diagnosis of OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder) is defined by these symptoms, which can be evaluated by psychiatrists and other mental health professionals. Also see the separate page on the related ICD criteria for “Anankastic Personality Disorder (Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder) Symptoms”.
The formal diagnosis of panic disorder rests on these symptoms, which can be evaluated by psychiatrists and other mental health professionals.
Because the lists of symptoms for panic attacks (sometimes called ‘anxiety attacks’ in popular parlance) and for agoraphopbia play roles in the diagnosis of panic disorder and other anxiety disorders, both are included here separately.
