Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Severe, ongoing anxiety that interferes with daily activities.
Generalized anxiety disorder can occur at any age.
The condition has symptoms similar to panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and other types of anxiety. These symptoms include constant worry, restlessness, and trouble with concentration.
Treatment may include counseling and medications, such as antidepressants.
Cluster Number:
Wiki Number:
Diagnosis: W090
US Patients: Generalized Anxiety Disorder
World Patients: 3-5%
Sex Ratio:
Age Onset: M;W2
Brain Area: Age 31
Symptoms: more amygdala and medial pfc activities; hippocampus, insula & orbitofrontal cortex
Progression: excessive, uncotnrollable and often irrational worry about ev ents or activities. frequent autonomic arousal
Causes: 60% develop depression
Medications: may be hereditary (40%)or genetic + environment-actual experiences
Therapies: norepinephrine inhibitors, antianxiety drugs, (many, many drug options-but many with possibly fatal side effects)
CBT-less catastrophizing, and other CBT orientations, relaxation, mindfulness, physical exercise
Youtube Video: What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
Amazon or Library Book: Overcoming Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Support Group: nami.org; 800-950-6264 (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
Contact you local Social Security office for possible Disability Benefits through their Disability Determination Services,
Section 12.06
4 CURRENT ARTICLES
FROM PUBMED
The world-wide medical research
reports chosen for each diagnosis
Clicking each title opens the
PubMed article’s summary-abstract.
- Can mindfulness-based interventions reduce PTSD symptoms? An umbrella reviewby Branislav Jovanovic on May 18, 2024
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating, often chronic condition with substantial cross-national lifetime prevalence. Although mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) may help reduce PTSD symptoms, efficacy results are inconsistent. Despite many systematic reviews (SRs) examining MBIs for PTSD, SR quality has been neither evaluated nor synthesized. We conducted an umbrella review to summarize and evaluate existing evidence regarding MBIs for PTSD, identifying 69 SRs (27...
- Mental Health Education and Utilization Among Patients with Vestibular Disordersby Emily O Kostelnik on May 18, 2024
To explore the receipt of mental health education, assessment, and referrals, and mental health service use among individuals with vestibular disorders. Patients with vestibular disorders living in the US, Australia, Canada, and the UK were surveyed through social media forums. Questionnaires assessed demographics, anxiety (Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7), depression (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression-10), dizziness (Dizziness Handicap Inventory), and type of professional providing...
- Prevalence of suicide risk among a national sample of individuals referred from a primary care subpopulation, 2017-2020by Virna Little on May 17, 2024
Over the past decade, the age-adjusted suicide rate has increased by 35.2% in the United States. In primary care, practitioners often interact with patients at risk of dying by suicide, yet little is known about the prevalence of suicide risk in primary care populations. Patient data from 2017-2020, consisting of a national sample of patients referred from primary care and enrolled in collaborative care behavioral health services (n = 37 666), were analyzed. Controlling for demographic...
- Clinical Trajectories of Comorbidity Associated With Military-Sustained Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Pre- and Post-Injuryby Yll Agimi on May 17, 2024
CONCLUSION: Results indicate that caring for SMs with mild TBI requires a holistic approach, one that considers the complex nature of SM conditions, prior to sustaining their mTBI, as well as after injury. We found a complex correlation of conditions that suggest SMs with mTBI are undergoing a multifaceted experience, one that may require the development of a targeted multidimensional clinical practice recommendation and practice.