The Anxiety Disorders

  1. J. TRIG BROWN, M.D.;
  2. CYNTHIA D. MULROW, M.D.; and
  3. G. ALAN STOUDEMIRE, M.D.
  1. Durham, North Carolina; and Atlanta, Georgia

    Abstract

    Anxiety commonly accompanies serious illness. However, in some patients anxiety is the primary manifestation of illness. Diagnostic criteria for these "primary" anxiety disorders have been redefined in the most recent revision of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. We discuss these new diagnostic categories; review the theoretical basis for the psychodynamic, behavioral, and physiologic manifestations of each of these disorders; and critically examine the treatments offered for each.

    Article and Author Information

    • ▸From the Division of General Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; and the Department of Psychiatry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.

    • ▸Requests for reprints should be addressed to J. Trig Brown, M.D.; Box 3824, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center; Durham, NC 27710.

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    1. Ann Intern Med April 1, 1984 vol. 100 no. 4 558-564
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