With the knowledge of these 5 different anxiety disorder diagnoses: Panic Disorder Agoraphobia Specific Phobia Social Anxiety Disorder Generalized Anxiety DisorderIn order to determine the most appropriate diagnosis for Mr. Cannoli, please respond to thefollowing questions:Part A) Many anxiety disorders share several common diagnostic criteria. The main way wedistinguish between anxiety disorder diagnoses is by the content or topic of the worries.Please describe the content or topic of Mr. Cannoli’s worries and explain which anxietydisorder diagnosis this content is most consistent with.Part B)What other criteria are necessary for the diagnosis you are proposing? Explain why Mr.Cannoli meets all of these relevant criteria. PRESENTING PROBLEMMr. Cannoli is a 27-year-old white male who sought services to address preoccupying symptomsof anxiety. Mr. Cannoli reported frequently feeling lightheaded and dizzy in crowds and inenclosed spaces such as at the grocery store, mall, and movie theater. Mr. Cannoli reported thatthis fear and worry causes impairment in his professional, social, and daily functioning, as wellas chronic distress. Specifically, Mr. Cannoli reported organizing his daily activities aroundavoiding situations and environments in which he has felt lightheaded in the past, and feels verydistressed when he can't avoid those situations and begins to feel lightheaded.BACKGROUND INFORMATIONMr. Cannoli reported that his fear of situations in which he might faint first began approximately18 months ago. He reported that he was in a movie theater and began to feel lightheaded, and hadthe thought, "What if I faint here? What if no one helps me? I may never be able to get out." Hereported that his fears of fainting and situations in which he feels lightheaded have beenpersistent since that time.PAST AND CURRENT SYMPTOMSMr. Cannoli reported fears of both crowds and enclosed places, such as department stores, movietheaters, grocery stores, driving in a car, and while he is teaching in the front of his class. Hereported that he fears that he will faint in these situations, that he has felt faint, lightheaded, anddizzy in those situations before, and that he fears fainting approximately 80% to 90% of the timehe is in these feared situations. He reported specifically fearing that if he begins to feellightheaded in any of these situations, he might faint before he is able to escape. He avoidssituations such as grocery shopping, movie theaters, and department stores whenever possible,and finds these situations distressing when he is unable to avoid them. Specifically, Mr. Cannolireported that he completely avoids movie theaters and department stores, even when friendsinvite him out to these situations, which he feels has negatively impacted his social relationships.He also reported delaying and avoiding grocery shopping as long as possible, sometimes forweeks at a time, relying on either ordering take-out or fast food or eating the same mealexclusively several days or even weeks at a time - such as plain rice or pasta – because he doesnot want to go to the grocery store. He also reported distress when teaching in front of his classdue to fears of fainting. Mr. Cannoli reported that he did not avoid his teaching responsibilities,but he reported extreme distress in this situation every day and felt that his teaching performancewas negatively impacted by difficulty concentrating due to fears of fainting. Importantly, Mr.Cannoli reported that his primary fear of these situations focuses on the possibility that he wouldbegin to feel lightheaded, and then he might faint before having the opportunity to escape thesituation.the came

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With the knowledge of these 5 different anxiety disorder diagnoses:
 Panic Disorder
 Agoraphobia
 Specific Phobia
 Social Anxiety Disorder
 Generalized Anxiety Disorder
In order to determine the most appropriate diagnosis for Mr. Cannoli, please respond to the
following questions:
Part A)

Many anxiety disorders share several common diagnostic criteria. The main way we
distinguish between anxiety disorder diagnoses is by the content or topic of the worries.
Please describe the content or topic of Mr. Cannoli’s worries and explain which anxiety
disorder diagnosis this content is most consistent with.

Part B)

What other criteria are necessary for the diagnosis you are proposing? Explain why Mr.
Cannoli meets all of these relevant criteria.