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Anxiety Disorders (2018-19)

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Anxiety Disorders (2018-19)

Written by the Fiveable Content Team โ€ข Last updated September 2025
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Verified for the 2026 examโ€ขWritten by the Fiveable Content Team โ€ข Last updated September 2025

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Tonight, we are going to start our discussion of abnormal psychology and psychological disorders . We start with an overview of the DSM-5 and why it is important to psychologists. We then go over six disorders, which are ADHD, GAD, panic disorders, phobias, OCD, and PTSD, all of which fall under the spectrum of anxiety and stress disorders.