Distress and fear disorders: an alternative empirically based taxonomy of the "mood" and "anxiety" disorders

Br J Psychiatry. 2006 Dec:189:481-3. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.03825.

Abstract

The nosological organisation of DSM-IV and ICD-10 does not capture the empirical structure of the mood and anxiety disorders. Instead, they form a broad group of "internalising" disorders with two subclasses: distress disorders and fear disorders. This empirical structure should form the basis for revised taxonomies in DSM-V and ICD-11.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Anxiety Disorders / classification*
  • Anxiety Disorders / diagnosis
  • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders*
  • Fear / physiology
  • Humans
  • International Classification of Diseases
  • Mood Disorders / classification*
  • Mood Disorders / diagnosis