In addition to obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), other common anxiety disorders¹¹ include:

Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD): Characterized by excessive worry about everyday life situations such as relationships, finances, work or school. Typically accompanied by physical symptoms such as headaches, nausea or trouble sleeping.

Panic attacks: Characterized by a rush of intense physical symptoms such as increased heart rate, sweating and dizziness that seems to come from “out of the blue” and peaks within a few minutes.

Panic disorder: The persistent fear that one will have a panic attack and fear about the consequences of such an attack.

Agoraphobia: Avoiding situations in which escape might be difficult or help may be hard to find, such as large crowds and being alone. Often accompanies panic disorder.

Social anxiety disorder: Characterized by painful anxiety in social situations or avoiding such situations altogether.

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD): Condition in which people who experienced or witnessed a traumatic event reexperience these events in the form of flashbacks, nightmares or other intrusive memories. Also characterized by sleep disturbances, a heightened startle response, feeling detached from others and avoiding reminders of the trauma.

Specific phobia: Excessive fear of a certain object or situation, such as animals, storms, elevators, etc.

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