How is Anxiety Diagnosed?

• Overall, it is easier to diagnose anxiety than depression in PD, as the symptoms of anxiety and PD do not overlap as much.
• A diagnosis of an anxiety disorder is made only if the symptoms involve a clear change in a patient’s previous behavior and is not easily confused with motor symptoms.

Medical content reviewed by: Nina Browner, MD—Medical Director of the NPF Center of Excellence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in North Carolina and by Fernando Pagan, MD—Medical Director of the NPF Center of Excellence at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C.

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