Anxiety - MeSH

Select item 680010071.

Anxiety

Feelings or emotions of dread, apprehension, and impending disaster but not disabling as with ANXIETY DISORDERS.

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Performance Anxiety

Anxiety related to the execution of a task. (Campbell's Psychiatric Dictionary, 9th ed.)

Year introduced: 2012

Select item 680168543.

Dental Anxiety

Abnormal fear or dread of visiting the dentist for preventive care or therapy and unwarranted anxiety over dental procedures.

Year introduced: 1992

Select item 680141514.

Anti-Anxiety Agents

Agents that alleviate ANXIETY, tension, and ANXIETY DISORDERS, promote sedation, and have a calming effect without affecting clarity of consciousness or neurologic conditions. ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS are commonly used in the symptomatic treatment of anxiety but are not included here.

Year introduced: 1995

Select item 680137325.

Test Anxiety Scale

A self-reporting test consisting of items concerning fear and worry about taking tests and physiological activity, such as heart rate, sweating, etc., before, during, and after tests.

Year introduced: 1991(1975)

Select item 680083476.

Manifest Anxiety Scale

True-false questionnaire made up of items believed to indicate anxiety, in which the subject answers verbally the statement that describes him.

Year introduced: 1991(1975)

Select item 680010107.

Anxiety, Separation

Anxiety experienced by an individual upon separation from a person or object of particular significance to the individual.

Year introduced: 1968

Select item 680010098.

Anxiety, Castration

Anxiety due to fantasized injuries to or loss of the genitals.

Year introduced: 1970(1965)

Select item 680010089.

Anxiety Disorders

Persistent and disabling ANXIETY.

Year introduced: 1981

Select item 205203610.

Test Anxiety

Anxiety related to situations where abilities or knowledge are being tested.

Year introduced: 2021

Select item 201679911.

Phobia, Social

Anxiety disorder characterized by the persistent and irrational fear, anxiety, or avoidance of social or performance situations.

Year introduced: 2017

Select item 202309912.

Patient Health Questionnaire

A self-administered version of the Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders (PRIME-MD), a diagnostic tool containing modules on multiple mental health disorders including anxiety, alcohol, eating, and somatoform modules. The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) is designed specifically for mood/depression scoring each of the 9 DSM-IV criteria based on the mood module from the original PRIME-MD. The Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7) scores 7 common anxiety symptoms.

Year introduced: 2018

Select item 8201415113.

Anti-Anxiety Agents [Pharmacological Action]

Select item 210554614.

general anxiety disorder [Supplementary Concept]

Date introduced: February 13, 2023

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