Anxiety Disorders

Diagnosis & Testing

Almost 50% of Disabling Anxiety Symptoms Go Unrecognized in the Primary Care Setting

Almost 20% of patients who visited a medical clinic were suffering from an Anxiety Disorder. In decreasing order of frequency, the following disorders were identified:

• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

• Generalized Anxiety Disorder

• Panic Disorder

• Social Anxiety Disorder

Each of the above disorders had resulted in significant impairment to the person’s quality of life; yet, 41% of the people had no treatment.