As discussed in previous chapters in this volume, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a relatively common disorder that is associated with significant distress and functional impairment. Fortunately, advances in both pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy have resulted in a greater likelihood of providing effective treatment. Unfortunately, many more inroads remain to be made to clarify what works...

Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a common illness with diagnostic criteria that have changed substantially over time. Symptoms of GAD overlap with those of major depressive disorder to such an extent that studying one disorder without studying the other may be impossible. Such an overlap, combined with potentially inappropriate diagnostic criteria for GAD, makes diagnosing and researching ...

Although mild worry is normative, children with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) experience worry that is intense, difficult to control, and impairing. Common worries of children with GAD may relate to perfectionism, performance, social situations, family, community/world events, or health. GAD co-occurs not only with other internalizing disorders (e.g., depression) but also with externalizin...

Anxiety—formally ‘‘discovered’’ in 1844 by Sören Kierkegaard in the book titled Begrebet angest, translated into English in 1944 as The Concept of Dread—has undergone a series of changes in conceptions (McReynolds, 1985). Anxiety was thought to be a result of having the freedom to choose as well as having an apprehension associated with seeking the unknown (Goodwin, 1986; McReynolds 1985). Sinc...

OBJECTIVE Few neuroimaging studies of generalized anxiety disorder have been conducted. The present study used proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy to assess concentrations of N-acetylaspartate, often considered a marker of neuronal viability, in generalized anxiety disorder patients. METHOD N-Acetylaspartate/creatine resonance ratios were measured in the left and right dorsolateral prefron...

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