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Severe Anxiety Symptoms That Mimic Ms Or Nerve Disorders
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
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What Is It?
In generalized anxiety disorder, a person has persistent, nagging feelings of worry or anxiety. These feelings are either unusually intense, or out of proportion to the real troubles and dangers of the person's everyday life.
The disorder is defined as persistent worry every day or almost every day, for six months or more. In some cases, a person with generalized anxiety disorder feels he or she has always been a worrier, even since childhood or adolescence. In other cases,...
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Generalized anxiety disorder
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
GAD; Anxiety disorderSymptomsThe main symptom is the almost constant presence of worry or tension, even when there is little or no cause. Worries... Read more »
Generalized anxiety disorder
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
GAD; Anxiety disorderTreatmentThe goal of treatment is to help you function well during day-to-day life. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and... Read more »
Anxiety Disorders: Diagnosis
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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