FOUNDATIONAL TERM
Anxiety
焦虑
Worry about possible threat and associated mental and bodily responses.
Study this concept in context
29 · Anxiety: responses, persistent difficulties and help
Anxiety can be part of ordinary life or persistently restrict sleep, learning and relationships. Understanding it requires examining worry, bodily responses, behaviour and impact.
Sources
- NIMH: Anxiety disorders
- WHO: Anxiety disorders
- NIMH: Generalized anxiety disorder
- NIMH: Panic disorder
- NIMH: Psychotherapies
- NHS: Generalised anxiety disorder
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