DSM5 - "ANXIETY DISORDER NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED." THIS AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE 'CATCH ALL' CATEGORIES INCLUDED IN DSM5 - THIS COULD DIAGNOSE FALSELY MOST OF THE POPULATION WITH AN ANXIETY CONDITION DISREGARDING THE OBVIOUS FACT THAT STRESS IS A NORMAL PART OF MODERN LIFE AND WHERE DOES IT BECOME A CLINICAL CONDITION? - COURTESY OF THE DSM5 WEBSITE

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Anxiety Disorder Not Elsewhere Classifed

   
Updated 3-27-12

A presentation that conforms to the guidelines for a mental disorder and is characterized by prominent anxiety, fear, or phobic avoidance that does not meet criteria for any specific Anxiety Disorder, Adjustment Disorder with Anxiety, or Adjustment Disorder with Mixed Anxiety and Depressed Mood. There are four situations in which the diagnosis may be appropriate:

1. Atypical, mixed, or below-threshold presentation

2. Other specific syndrome not listed in DSM-5

3. Presentation of uncertain etiology

4. Insufficient information to place the presentation in another Anxiety Disorder category

WELL THAT COVERS JUST ABOUT EVERY SITUATION THEN!!

THEY HAVE GOT TO BE JOKING!

SADLY THEY ARE NOT!