Abstract

Anxiety is a psychological response to a real or imagined threat. It is a complex emotional state characterized by a general fear or foreboding usually accompanied by stress and tension. It is associated with apprehension and fear and is frequently linked with failure, either real or anticipated. It often has to do with interpersonal relations and social circumstances and situations. Feelings of refusal and insecurity are usually a part of anxiety. Anxiety is a normal human emotion, it is considered excessive or pathological when it arises in the absence of challenge or stress, when it is out of proportion to the stressful situations in duration or severity, when it results in significant distress, and when it results in psychological, social, occupational, biological, and other impairment. In this article, psychological behavior of anxiety disorder has been highlighted with special reference to treatment, psychotherapy, psychosurgery in Indian context.

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