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Here you will find everything you need to know about how panic disorder is diagnosed.
How Is Panic Disorder Diagnosed?
Learn what you need to know about how panic disorder is diagnosed.
DSM-IV-TR Criteria for Diagnosing Panic Disorder
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) by the American Psychiatric Association is the system used in the United States to classify, describe and diagnosis mental disorders. Here you will find information about the DSM-IV-TR and the criteria used to diagnosis panic attacks and panic disorder.
Multiaxial Diagnostic System of the DSM-IV-TR
The DSM-IV-TR uses a five level diagnostic system to classify illnesses and disorders. Here you will learn about the five axis criteria used by mental health professionals.
Anxiety Self-Test
Are you experiencing anxiety? This anxiety self-test from Nancy Schimelpfening, your About.com Guide to Depression, will help you identify your anxiety symptoms.
Panic Disorder Self-Test
Take the following self-test to see if you may be experiencing the symtpoms of panic disorder.
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