Running Head: ANXIETY

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Term Paper Title	Running Head: ANXIETY
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Running Head: ANXIETY

Generalized Anxiety Disorder
November 18, 1998

Generalized Anxiety Disorder
      In many ways, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a difficult disorder to pin down, due largely to the fact that it lacks no clear or easily observable symptoms (Gold, 1989).  This accounts for the fact that, although GAD has undoubtedly been around for many years, it is a relatively new diagnostic category. However, despite its relatively new status, Generalized Anxiety disorder has since been reported to be the fifth most common clinical diagnosis at the primary care level in America (Andrews et al., 1994).
Different from other anxiety disorders, with generalized anxiety disorder, panic symptoms are present, yet panic is not the controlling factor of the disorder (Wilson, 1986).  Instead, generalized anxiety disorder is a behavioral irregularity in which a person is in a state of chronic anxiety (Gold, 1989).  This means that an individual suffering form GAD feels constant anxiety throughout most of the day, rather than brief moments of intense anxiety.
The general features of GAD are persistent symptoms of anxiety that are fueled by worry.  This worry is disproportionate to the feared event, all-encompassing, and difficult for the individual to control (Andrews et al., 1994).  In fact, the most essential symptom of generalized anxiety disorder is “the presence of irrational, inappropriate worries, concerning at least two life circumstances, which have lasted six months” (Gold, 1989). These worries extend into many areas of the individual’s life.
Most people with GAD will worry about the kinds of interactions they have with other people. This is because the anxious person is preoccupied with their inability to cope with the expectations and responses of those around them than anything else (Wilson, 1986). These worries tend to take over the person’s life, and they become a sort of incessant ‘worry-wart’.  For example, an individual afflicted by GAD may worry about their job constantly, afraid they might be fired, never find a job again, and eventually become homeless (Wilson, 1986).  Moreover, their other common worries include a concern that something bad might happen to one’s self or a loved one, or that one may be unable to cope in some manner.  Their tendency to worry is frequently long-standing, or at least endures for several months at a time.  Because of this, individuals with GAD often describe themselves as a ‘nervous’ or ...

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