Anxiety neuroses and DSM‐III

The relationship between ICD-9 anxiety states, phobic states, obsessive-compulsive disorder and DSM-III anxiety disorders is discussed. Data are presented which show that one third of ICD-9 anxiety states are diagnosed as affective disorders by DSM-III. Research concerning cases with a concurrent affective and anxiety disorder is discussed. It is finally concluded that while DSM-III has unsolved hierarchial problems, the identification of the two disorders, panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, seems advantageous and the inclusion of obsessive compulsive disorder, among the anxiety disorders, reasonable.