Anxiety

The chapter provides an introduction to the genesis and effects of fear, following a brief presentation of the evolutionary significance of anxiety, there is a brief classification according to the ICD 10-GM-2020. Following the cognitive theories of behavior therapy, the author presents his model of fear, which consists of seven behavioral components that interact in a network. This presentation significantly facilitates the collection of anamnesis. Especially for everyday practice, the different subjective processing possibilities of fear and the individual strategies for dealing with fear are concretized. They are illustrated by numerous case examples, as well as the effects of fear on learning and school.