Anxiety Disorder Test

Anxiety follows its patients everywhere in the form of panic, fear, trauma, worry and depression. The disorder prevents an individual from reaching his or her maximum potential in all spheres of life. Consequently the sense of helplessness we feel when we fail at overcoming these problems Only adds to the patient’s stress related illness. This situation makes a test all the more needed.

Types of disorders: The different types are:

1. Panic Disorder – when the patient panics easily in situations of little stress.

2. Generalized Disorder – when the patient gets stressed out due to small factors

3. Disorder with Depression – when the patient swings between intense emotions of worry and despair

4. Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia – when a fear of leaving the house causes panic attacks

5. Social Phobia – being terrified of public evaluation and criticism

6. Simple Phobia - an unreasonable and persistent fear that focuses on a specific animal, object or situation

7. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) – being repeatedly compelled to perform rituals to counteract or prevent your obsessive fear

8. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) – being plagued by anxiety due to a past trauma or similar experience in life

The tests:

There are several tests available to help conclude if at all someone is suffering from anxiety disorder or not. Several questions pertaining to the symptoms and types of anxiety are asked in these tests.

These include questions like:

1. whether the person worries in excess over small things in life,

2. whether the person experiences sensations of shortness of breath, palpitations or shaking while at rest

3. whether the person avoids social situations because of feelings of fear

4. whether the person has specific fears of certain objects e.g., animals or knives

5. whether the person feels afraid that he/she will be in a place or a situation from which one feels that he/she will not be able to escape

6. if the idea of leaving home frightens him/her

7. if the person has recurrent thoughts or images in the mind that refuse to go away

8. if the person feels compelled to perform certain behaviors repeatedly e.g., checking that you locked the doors or turned off the gas

9. if the person persistently relives an upsetting event from the past

Thus we see that an anxiety disorder test helps the psychologist make out whether the concerned person suffers from a disorder so that further treatment can be given.