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Anxiety neuroses and DSM‐III
Author(s) -
Torgersen S.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1986.tb10524.x
Subject(s) - anxiety , panic disorder , psychology , generalized anxiety disorder , anxiety disorder , phobic disorder , clinical psychology , nosology , psychiatry , panic , obsessive compulsive
The relationship between ICD‐9 anxiety states, phobic states, obsessive‐compulsive disorder and DSM‐III anxiety disorder is discussed. Data are presented which show that one third of ICD‐9 anxiety states are diagnosed as affective disorder by DSM‐III. Research concerning cases with a concurrent affective and anxiety disorder is discussed. It is finally concluded that while DSM‐III has unsolved hierarchial problems, the identification of the two disorders, panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, seems advantageous and the inclusion of obsessive compulsive disorder, among the anxiety disorders, reasonable.