What are the specific types of anxiety?

There are a number of things that can cause a child or teen to feel anxious.

Anxiety disorders are categorized into ten different diagnoses, including generalized, social, separation, and phobias.

The ten anxiety disorders

While your child may experience their own symptoms and reasons for the way they feel and experience anxious thoughts, behaviors, and physical feelings, you can find descriptions and some examples of each by clicking the links below.

The ten anxiety disorders

While your child may experience their own symptoms and reasons for the way they feel and experience anxious thoughts, behaviors, and physical feelings, you can find descriptions and some examples of each by clicking the links below.

The ten anxiety disorders

While your child may experience their own symptoms and reasons for the way they feel and experience anxious thoughts, behaviors, and physical feelings, you can find descriptions and some examples of each by clicking the links below.

Generalized anxiety disorder

Social anxiety disorder

Separation anxiety disorder

Panic disorder

Specific phobias

Agoraphobia

Selective mutism

Substance or medication-induced anxiety

Medical anxiety

Other specified anxiety