Matenda a nkhawa amadziwonetsera okha m'njira zosiyanasiyana, kuyambira kuopsa kwa mantha kupita ku phobia yeniyeni, kuphatikizapo nkhawa yokhazikika komanso pafupifupi nthawi zonse, yomwe siilungamitsidwa ndi chochitika chilichonse.

Ku France, Haute Autorité de Santé (HAS) imatchula magulu asanu ndi limodzi azachipatala² (European classification ICD-10) pakati pazovuta za nkhawa:

• matenda ovutika maganizo
• mantha amanjenje kapena opanda agoraphobia,
• chikhalidwe cha nkhawa,
• phobia yeniyeni (monga phobia ya kutalika kapena akangaude),
• matenda osokoneza maganizo
• post-traumatic stress disorder.

Buku laposachedwa kwambiri la Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the DSM-V, lofalitsidwa mu 2014, lomwe limagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri ku North America, likufuna kugawa mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya nkhawa motere.³ :

• nkhawa,
• obsessive-compulsive disorder ndi zovuta zina zokhudzana nazo
• mavuto okhudzana ndi kupsinjika maganizo ndi zoopsa

Iliyonse mwamaguluwa imaphatikizapo pafupifupi "magulu ang'onoang'ono" khumi. Chifukwa chake, pakati pa "nkhawa zamavuto", timapeza, pakati pa ena: agoraphobia, matenda oda nkhawa kwambiri, kusankhana mitundu, kusokonekera kwa anthu, nkhawa zomwe zimayambitsidwa ndi mankhwala kapena mankhwala, phobias, ndi zina zambiri.