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ability to function outside of such a structured or supportive setting may not have changed. The
symptomatology may be controlled or attenuated by psychosocial factors.
Effects of medication. The functional limitations in assessing impairment severity and the effects of
medication on symptoms, signs, and ability to function are considered. Drugs used to modify
psychological functions and mental states may control certain primary manifestations of a mental
disorder, e.g., hallucinations, impaired attention, restlessness, or hyperactivity, such treatment may not
affect all functional limitations imposed by the mental disorder.
In cases where overt symptomatology is attenuated by the use of such drugs, particular attention must
be focused on the functional limitations that may persist.
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Anxiety Related Disorders – Circle those symptoms present in patient as indicated
below:
Anxiety disorders. In cases involving agoraphobia and other phobic disorders, panic disorders, and
posttraumatic stress disorders, documentation of the anxiety reaction is essential. At least one detailed
description of a typical reaction is required. The description should include the nature, frequency, and
duration of any panic attacks or other reactions, the precipitating and exacerbating factors, and the
functional effects.
If the description is provided by a medical source, the reporting physician or psychologist should
indicate the extent to which the description reflects his or her own observations and the source of any
ancillary information. Statements of other persons who have observed these events be used for this
description if professional observation is not available.
12.06 Anxiety-related disorders: In these disorders anxiety is either the predominant disturbance or it
is experienced if the individual attempts to master symptoms; for example, confronting the dreaded
object or situation in a phobic disorder or resisting the obsessions or compulsions in obsessive
compulsive disorders.
The required level of severity for these disorders is met when the requirements in both A and B are
satisfied, or when the requirements in both A and C are satisfied.
A. Medically documented findings of at least one of the following:
1. Generalized persistent anxiety accompanied by three out of four of the following
signs or symptoms:
a. Motor tension; or
b. Autonomic hyperactivity; or
c. Apprehensive expectation; or
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