trouble d'anxiété

Definitions of trouble d'anxiété
  1. noun
    a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom
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    phobie
    an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations
    agoraphobie
    a morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of being caught alone in some public place)
    phobie
    any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with relatively simple well-defined stimuli
    éreuthophobie
    any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with situations in which you are subject to criticism by others (as fear of eating in public or public speaking etc)
    type of:
    dérèglement, désordre mental, émoi
    (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
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