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ICD-11 Criteria for Prominent Anxiety Symptoms in Mood Episodes

Foundation URI : http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1119039346 Prominent Anxiety Symptoms in Mood Episodes 6A80.0 Description In the context of a current depressive, manic, mixed, or hypomanic episode, prominent and clinically significant anxiety symptoms (e.g., feeling nervous, anxious or on edge, not being able to control worrying thoughts, fear that something awful will happen, having trouble relaxing, motor tension, autonomic symptoms) have been present for most of the time during the episode. If there have been panic attacks during a current depressive or mixed episode, these should be recorded separately. When the diagnostic requirements for both a mood disorder and an anxiety or fear-related disorder are met, the anxiety or fear-related disorder should also be diagnosed. Diagnostic Requirements This specifier can be applied if, in the context of a current Depressive, Manic, Mixed, or Hypomanic Episode, prominent and clinically significant anxiety symptoms (e.g., feeling nervous, anxio

Affective/Anxiety Symptoms

Affective/Anxiety Symptoms Although the frequency in usage was rather low, the Hamilton rating scale for depression: HRSD9 (typically 17 items), and more recently the Calgary depression rating scale for schizophrenia: CDSS10 (nine items) have been the most frequently recorded scale. In contrast, subjective scales for depression have very rarely been utilized. Rating scales for anxiety symptoms, both objective and subjective, have been barely used.