ICD CRITRIA GAD, AGORPHOBIA, BIIP

Question 1

What is the ICD criteria for GAD?

Answer 1

• Excessive worry or anxiety about everyday events/ multiple areas of life, lasting 6 months or more
• Not limited to specific situations (unlike phobias)
• Causes significant distress or impairment

Question 1

What is the ICD critera for agorphiobia?

Answer 1

Marked fear/anxiety in two or more of the following situations:
1. Using public transport
2. Being in open or enclosed spaces
3. Being outside of the home alone

• Fearing having a panic attack when escape or getting help is difficult.
• Must last at least 6 months

Question 2

What is the ICD critera for BIIP?

Answer 2

• Persistent, excessive fear triggered by sight of blood, injury, or injections
• Exposure to feared stimuli, causes immediate anxiety or vasovagal response (e.g., fainting — unique to this phobia)
• Lasts 6 months or more