The anxiety disorders include a group of diseases whose main characteristics are the anxiety symptoms considered to pathological from a quantitative (excessive, paralyzing) or qualitative (not compatible with the situation) viewpoint.

The main anxiety disorders are Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia), Post-Traumatic Stress and the Simple (or Specific) Phobias).

Anxiety is an emotional state of apprehension, an expectation that something bad or disagreeable is going to happen. While fear has a defined object, anxiety is a diffuse emotion, oriented to the future with extremely uncomfortable physical and psychological symptoms.

Due to their high prevalence and the nature of their symptoms, the anxiety disorders have a strong impact on social and family life, on health in general and, obviously, on productivity and coexistence in the work place.  Nonetheless, these disorders respond very well to the proper treatment, enabling full remission of the symptoms in a few weeks.