Citation : Perrotta G. Anxiety disorders: definitions, contexts, neural correlates and strategic therapy. JJ Neur Neurosci 2019; 6(1): 042. Review article Anxiety Disorders: Defnitions, Contexts, Neural Correlates And Strategic Therapy Giulio Perrotta *Corresponding author: Dr. Giulio Perrotta, UNIFEDER University, Department of Criminal Psychology, Italy, Phone :( +39) 349 2108872; E-mail: info@giulioperrotta.it Received Date: 03-12-2019 Accepted Date: 03-25-2019 Published Date: 03-29-2019 Copyright: © 2019 Giulio Perrotta Jacobs Journal of Neurology and Neuroscience Abstract Starting from the concept of anxiety, we proceeded to separate the “physiological” form from the “pathological” forms, distinguishing between fear, anguish, panic, phobia, fear, terror and stress, all terms often confused and overlapped in the common jargon. Distinguishing the individual psychopathologies contained in DSM-V anxiety disorders, with a focus on the psychodynamic profile, the analysis focused on the neural correlates involved in anxiety disorders and on the best pharmacological and psychotherapeutic approaches chosen to treat the morbid condition, paying particular attention to the strategic model and the most important clinical techniques. Keywords: Psychology; neuroscience; anxiety; panic; terror; anxiety disorders; panic attack; panic disorder; selective mutism; phobia; agoraphobia; amygdala; prefrontal cortex; fear; anxiety; psychotherapy; psychopharmacology; benzodia- zipines; antidepressants; strategic approach Introduction The definition of anxiety is not unequivocal in the literature [1] although the descriptive characteristics are well circumscribed and easily identifiable. The American Psychiatric Association, on the definition of anxiety, describes anxi- ety as the anticipated anticipation of a future danger or negative event, accompanied by feelings of dysphoria or physical symptoms of tension. The elements exposed to risk may belong both to the internal world and to the external world [2] Similarly, in the Italian Treaty of Psychiatry, precisely in reference to the definition of anxiety, it is referred to as emotional state with an unpleasant content, associated with a condition of alarm and fear that arises in the absence of danger real and which, however, is disproportionate to any triggering stimuli [3]. However, the idea that it consists of a psychophysical state characterized by a feeling of apprehension, uncertainty, fear and alarm towards events towards which the subject feels helpless and/or is univocal helpless. It involves a psychic and somatic involvement, associating itself with biological modifications, and involving different systems, among which: neuro-transmittitorial, immune, neuroendocrine [4]. It represents an essential emotion for the correct functioning of our organism in response to external or internal stimuli, allowing a functional adaptation to environmental demands. The related manifestations of anxiety have prevalence,