DSM 5

Disorders and Treatment

• Mental Illness
• Depression
  • Depression Signs and Symptoms
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Opiates and depression
  • Antepartum depression
• Bipolar Disorder
• Mood Disorders
• Borderline Personality
• Schizophrenia
• Anxiety
  • Medical Anxiety Treatment (Benzodiazepines)
  • Difference between stress and anxiety
• Mental Health Diagnosis
• Mental Health Treatments

Diagnostic Criteria and Codes
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
Bipolar and Related Disorders
Depressive Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
Dissociative Disorders
Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
Feeding and Eating Disorders
Elimination Disorders
Sleep-Wake Disorders
Sexual Dysfunctions
Gender Dysphoria
Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders
Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
Neurocognitive Disorders
Personality Disorders
Paraphilic Disorders
Other Mental Disorders
Medication-Induced Movement Disorders and Other Adverse Effects of Medication
Other Conditions That May Be a Focus of Clinical Attention

​Several anxiety disorders are detailed on this site; click to learn more about different types of anxiety disorder:

• Acute Stress Disorder
• Agoraphobia
• Agoraphobia Without History of Panic Disorder
• Anxiety Disorder Due to a General Medical Condition
• Anxiety Disorder Not Otherwise Specified ( Anxiety Disorder NOS )
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder ( GAD )
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder ( OCD )
• Panic Attack
• Panic Disorder With Agoraphobia.
• Panic Disorder Without Agoraphobia.
• Post traumatic Stress Disorder
• Social Phobia
• Specific Phobia
• Substance-Induced Anxiety Disorder.

Treatment for Anxiety DisordersAlways keep in mind that an "anxiety disorder" is not the same thing as daily anxiety, stress and worry. Anxiety disorders are persistent conditions and should not be self diagnosed; a full assessment by a licensed mental health professional is required for diagnosis.
The types of treatment used for anxiety disorders varies widely depending on severity and individual patient profile; medical and in-person therapy treatments are both options and often used in conjunction.
Therapy treatments for anxiety disorder include (click to learn more):

• Adlerian Therapy
• Behavior Therapy
• Existential Therapy
• Gestalt Therapy
• Person-centered Therapy
• Psychoanalytic
• Rational-emotive Therapy
• Reality Therapy
• Transactional Analysis

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E-therapies, also known as online therapies or computer-aided psychological therapy, can be just as effective as face-to-face services for people with mild to moderate anxiety. Most e-therapies follow the same principles as CBT or behaviour therapy, and the structured nature of these treatments means they’re well suited to being delivered online.
Most e-therapies teach you to identify and change patterns of thinking and behaviour that might be preventing you from overcoming your anxiety. You work through the program by yourself, and although e-therapies can be used with or without help from a professional, most involve some form of support from a therapist. This can be via telephone, email, text, or instant messaging, and helps you to successfully apply what you’re learning to your life.
Online programs have several advantages, including:

• easy to access
• can be done from home
• can be of particular benefit for people in rural and remote areas
• can be provided in many cases without having to visit a doctor.

If you'd like to explore what's on offer and what might work for you, the Australian Government's mindhealthconnect website has a library of online programs.

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