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  • 1Anxiety disorder — Classification and external resources The Scream (Norwegian: Skrik) an Expressionist painting by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch ICD 10 …

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  • 2Anxiety/Uncertainty Management — (AUM) is a theory developed by Dr. William B. Gudykunst in an attempt to define what makes up effective communication. Gudykunst’s research began in 1985 using existing theories as a starting point. Specifically, the existing research of… …

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  • 3Anxiety —    Anxiety and phobic thinking may be normal emotions, distinct clusters of symptoms ( syndromes *), or diseases in the sense of distinct illness entities.    In psychoanalysis, anxiety is used as a theoretical term, the presumed unconscious… …

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  • 4Anxiety and Phobias —    Anxiety and phobic thinking may be normal emotions, distinct clusters of symptoms ( syndromes *), or diseases in the sense of distinct illness entities.    In psychoanalysis, anxiety is used as a theoretical term, the presumed unconscious… …

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  • 5Anxiety UK — (formerly the National Phobics Society[1]) is a UK national registered charity formed 30 years ago for those affected by anxiety disorders. It is a user led organisation, run by sufferers and ex sufferers of anxiety disorders. The NPS is the… …

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  • 6anxiety disorder — n any of various disorders (as panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, a phobia, or generalized anxiety disorder) in which anxiety is a predominant feature called also anxiety neurosis, anxiety state …

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  • 7anxiety — (n.) 1520s, from L. anxietatem (nom. anxietas) anguish, anxiety, solicitude, noun of quality from anxius (see ANXIOUS (Cf. anxious)). Psychiatric use dates to 1904. Age of Anxiety is from Auden s poem (1947). For anxiety, distress, Old English… …

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  • 8anxiety equivalent — n an intense somatic symptom (as palpitation of the heart) that replaces fear in an attack of anxiety * * * physical symptoms resulting from somatization of underlying anxiety …

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  • 9anxiety hysteria — n an anxiety disorder and esp. a phobia when the mental aspects of anxiety are emphasized over any accompanying physical symptoms (as heart palpitations and breathlessness) used esp. in early Freudian psychiatry * * * Freud s term for phobias,… …

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  • 10anxiety reaction — n reaction to a feared situation or object in which various manifestations of anxiety (as shortness of breath, abdominal pain, increased heart rate, or irritability) are prominent * * * a reaction characterized by abnormal apprehension or… …

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