ANXIETY DISORDERS DUE TO GENERAL MEDICAL CONDITION

Criteria
Generally speaking, medical conditions do not cause anxiety disorders but it is important to identify those which do. The most common medical conditions leading to symptoms of anxiety are hyperthyroidism and other endocrine disorders. If a patient has prominent anxiety, compulsions, obsessions or panic attacks severe enough to impair work, social or personal functioning, and on history, physical and laboratory findings, a medical cause can be identified, the patient meets the criteria for anxiety disorder due to a general medical condition.

(Of note: This diagnosis is not valid if symptoms occur solely during a delirium).

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