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Psychoanalysis and Neurosciences: Anxiety in Perspective

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Among the forms of pathological anxiety, the DSM-IV-TR [1] distinguishes, in addition to generalized anxiety, phobias, panic attacks, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). There are some theories that since OCD involves structural and functional organic deficits, it is questionable whether it can be classified as an anxiety or depressive disorder [2]. The ICD-10 [3] in fact classifies this disorder separately from the other manifestations often associated with it.

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Cappelli, L. (2006). Psychoanalysis and Neurosciences: Anxiety in Perspective. In: Mancia, M. (eds) Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/88-470-0550-7_7

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