300. 22 Agoraphobia Diagnosis (F40.00): Agoraphobia is a diagnosis recently codable according to the new DSM-5 (Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Fifth Edition) published by the American Psychiatric Association. The agoraphobia…

Panic Attack Specifier: Panic attacks can be referred to as a specifier and do not have their own diagnostic code. They are abrupt and intense fears which can occur with…

Panic Disorder Diagnosis: Introduction A panic disorder diagnosis can be given when you experience an unexpected series of panic attacks over a period of time. It was first classified by…

Specific phobia 300. 29 (F 40. __) Specific phobia is when an individual has a very high level of fear or anxiety in the presence of a specific circumstance or…

Social Anxiety Disorder and the DSM-5 Social phobia was first classified as a mental disorder in the DSM-III. More recently it has been reclassified in the DSM-5 (Diagnostic And Statistical…

Selective Mutism 313.23 (F94.0): Selective mutism is a voluntary refusal to speak. Elective mutism was first described as a mental disorder in the DSM-III and then was changed to selective…

Separation Anxiety Disorder Symptoms and Diagnosis 309.21 (F 93.0): Separation anxiety disorder was first included as a diagnosable condition in the DSM-3 in 1980. In the DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical…

Anxiety Disorders According to the American Psychiatric Association, each of the anxiety disorders share the features of fear and anxiety. Fear is a healthy, rational response to either a real…

Depression Symptoms and Information: Depression is a mood disorder that most people have some awareness of, but may not know the various symptoms and what actually defines it as a…

Anxiety: An overview When trying to understand what anxiety is, many people really don’t differentiate very well between what it is and what isn’t. A good example might be in…