Paradoxes of clinical symptoms and diagnostic criteria of anxiety disorders
Polymorphous non-specific somatic (vegetative) manifestations of anxiety are regarded as the most common cause for visits to specialists in internal medicine. Current anxiety disorder classifications are specific and anxiety symptom-based; they account for emergence and dynamics of anxiety symptoms and may be impracticable in many patients. The article discusses approaches to the diagnosis of main types of anxiety disorders in the practice of internist as well as therapy principles with particular attention to ‘minor’ neuroleptics and their indications for use.