Consider diagnostic studies to rule out organic causes. Confirm the diagnosis using the DSM-5 criteria for GAD. Assess for psychiatric and medical comorbidities, including substance use disorder. Evaluate suicid
That there are many anxiety disorders with distinct diagnostic criteria can make it more challenging for clinicians to ask the right questions to arrive at the correct diagnosis (or, often, diagnoses) and to apply or refer for the appropriate treatment. For example, despite the moniker “...
” you would get an “unspecified anxiety disorder” diagnosis if your anxiety has become problematic but doesn’t quite fit any of the other diagnoses. The main reason a provider would use this diagnosis instead is if they decided not to detail why you don’t meet the criteria for another ...
These criteria provided us with data from 40 520 respondents who were followed up for a maximum of 20 weeks since the beginning of the lockdown. 4000 (10%) of these participants withheld data or preferred not to self-identify on demographic factors including gender and income and were ...
and physical examination. As part of this examination, you may be asked a series of questions from a standardized questionnaire or self-test to help assess your risk of anxiety. The answers to these questions will help assess whether you meet the diagnostic criteria for GAD (as described above...
The DSM-5 describes the criteria for panic disorder as panic attacks that must be associated with longer than 1 month of subsequent persistent worry about: (1) having another attack or consequences of the attack, or (2) significant maladaptive behavioral changes related to the attack. To make ...
The diagnostic criteria for anxiety disorder include: Worrying persistently about daily activities including work and social life Worries or fear that are stressful and upsetting Fear of impending doom Uncontrollable sense of fear Feeling of unease that is persistent for last six months or more ...
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Dropout criteria were as follows: (1) if participants’ anxiety symptoms worsened, it was recommended that the patient take antianxiety drugs after evaluation by a psychologist; (2) due to the aggravation of the patient’s condition during the treatment, it was recommended that the patient ...
The PHQ-A has been evaluated in several adolescent samples and has demonstrated satisfactory sensitivity (75% to 89.5%), specificity (77.5% to 94%), diagnostic agreement and overall diagnostic accuracy in identifying youth who met the DSM-IV criteria for major depression compared with clinical ...