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1
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  • Marked and disproportionate fear consistently triggered by specific objects or situations.
  • The object or situation is avoided or else endured with intense anxiety
  • The fear, anxiety, or avoidance causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning
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Specific Phobia

2
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  • Marked and disproportionate fear consistently triggered by exposure to potential social scrutiny
  • Exposure to the trigger leads to intense anxiety about being evaluated negatively
  • Trigger situations are avoided or else endured with intense anxiety.
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Social Anxiety Disorder

3
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  • Recurrent unexpected panic attacks
  • At least 1 month of concern about the possibility of more attacks, worry about the consequences of an attack, or maladaptive behavioral changes because of the attacks.
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Panic Disorder

4
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  • Disproportionate and marked fear or anxiety about at least 2 situations where it would be difficult to escape or receive help in the event of incapacitation, embarrassing symptoms, or panic-like symptoms.
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Agoraphobia

5
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  • Excessive anxiety and worry at least 50 % of days about a number of events or activities.
  • The person finds it hard to control the worry
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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  • Developmentally inappropriate and excessive fear or anxiety concerning separation from those to whom the individual is attached
  • The fear, anxiety, or avoidance is persistent, lasting at least 4 weeks in children and adolescents and typically 6 months or more in adults.
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Separation Anxiety Disorder

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  • Characterized by a consistent failure to speak in social situations in which there is an
    expectation to speak (e.g., school) even though the individual speaks in other situations.
  • This interferes with normal social communication.
  • The duration of the disturbance is at least 1 month.
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Selective Mutism