Any of a group of mental conditions that include panic disorder with or without agoraphobia, agoraphobia without panic disorder, simple (specific) phobia, social phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, acute stress disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, anxiety caused by a general medical condition, and substance-induced anxiety disorder.
The symptoms vary widely but interfere significantly with normal functioning.
SYN: anxiety neurosis;; expectation neurosis
See: Nursing Diagnoses Appendix

Subentry:
generalized anxiety disorder