anxiety disorder

anxiety disorder (plural anxiety disorders)

1. A disorder characterised by excessive anxiety.
   • 1998, Stephen Cherniske, M.S., Caffeine blues : wake up to the hidden dangers of America's #1 drug, Warner Books, →ISBN, OCLC 753559129, Ch. 4, page 108:

     Is the caffeine connection widely unrecognized? Surveys document that 70 percent of patients with panic disorder visited physicians ten or more times before they experienced relief of their symptoms.¹⁸ The fact is that few physicians conduct a careful evaluation of caffeine intake, even though the medical literature is conclusive on the benefits of caffeine reduction in virtually all anxiety disorders.