Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is defined as excessive and uncontrollable worry and anxiety about everyday life situations. It is a chronic disorder, with lifetime prevalence estimates of around 5-6% in the USA1 and elsewhere 2, and is associated with substantial somatization, high rates of comorbid depression and other anxiety disorders, and significant disability. The evidence base for ph...

OBJECTIVE To study the phenomenon of worry and functional somatic symptoms in Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). METHOD 40 subjects with the diagnosis of GAD were assessed by using Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ) and Bradford Somatic Inventory (BSI). Severity of GAD was rated on Generalized Anxiety Disorder -7 (GAD-7) scale. RESULTS The mean total score on PSWQ was 59.62. All patient...

The goal of the present study was to investigate the incremental contribution of behavioral inhibition system (BIS) sensitivity to the presence of a current generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) diagnosis relative to other Axis I disorders (e.g., major depression, other anxiety disorders) and cognitive-emotional vulnerabilities (e.g., anxiety sensitivity, emotion dysregulation) previously found to...

CONTEXT Controversy surrounds the diagnostic categorization of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). OBJECTIVES To examine the incidence, comorbidity, and risk patterns for anxiety and depressive disorders and to test whether developmental features of GAD more strongly support a view of this condition as a depressive as opposed to an anxiety disorder. DESIGN Face-to-face, 10-year prospective ...

objective: the present study aims to investigate thought control strategies in generalized anxiety disorder (gad), major depressive disorder (mdd), and the relationship of these metacognitive strategies with trait anxiety, as a construct of emotional vulnerability. methods: 60 patients with diagnosis of gad and mdd and 30 control subjects (nonpatients) were selected from the university students...

BACKGROUND Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a prevalent, disabling, and often chronic disorder. With a typical recovery rate of only about 40% with current psychological treatments a better understanding of potential psychophysiological mechanisms is vital. METHODS Since the most discriminative somatic symptom of GAD compared to other anxiety disorders is muscle tension this review quali...

A constellation of pharmacologic treatments for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) have been developed over the past five decades, although each has a number of potential drawbacks in clinical practice. This review addresses one potentially new pharmacologic treatment for generalized anxiety disorder, the gamma-aminobutyric acid analogue pregabalin. We review the mechanism of action, and pharma...

Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) was defined relatively recently, and the diagnostic criteria are still being refined. The essential feature of the disorder has changed from persistent anxiety to excessive worry, and the required symptom duration has changed from 1 month to 6 months. Additionally, exclusion criteria involving permissibility of the diagnosis in children and wording regarding t...

Objective: To observe the effectiveness of acupuncture as an adjunct therapy to solution focused brief therapy (SFBT) in reducing anxiety levels. Method: Ten patients diagnosed of generalized anxiety dis order (GAD) by a licensed therapist were treated with acupuncture for six weeks. Each participant completed a generalized anxiety disorder 7 (GAD 7) survey before the treatment, once a week the...

BACKGROUND This investigation examines differences in cognitive profiles in subjects with major depressive disorder (MDD) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). METHODS Data were used from subjects with current MDD (n = 655), GAD (n = 107) and comorbid MDD/GAD (n = 266) diagnosis from the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (NESDA). The Composite Interview Diagnostic Instrument was u...