Microlectures - Generalised anxiety disorder
6 important questions on Microlectures - Generalised anxiety disorder
What are the symptoms of a generalised anxiety disorder? (7)
2. Fatigue
3. Excessive anxiety and worry
4. Increased muscle aches and soreness
5. Impaired concentration
6. Irritability
7. Difficulty sleeping
What are the DSM-V criteria for GAD (in short) (6)
2. Worry is experienced as hard to control
3. At least three of the symptoms
4. It causes personal distress and impairment of functioning in one or more domains
5. Not explained by medication/somatic disorder
6. Not explained better by another mental disorder (PD/SAD/OCD)
What are CBT treatments for GAD? (3)
2. Thought-record
3. Behavioral experiments
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What are the different types of worries that are distinguished in the meta-cognitive model of GAD?
2. Type 2: worry about worry
What are the different consequences of worrying about worry? (3)
2. Thought control (e.g. excessively thinking about worries and trying to control it)
3. Emotion (e.g. you are so stressed because you worry all the time, which worries you even more)
What are the steps in the worry decision tree? (5)
2. Identify what you are worried about
3. Decide whether there is a problem that you can do something about
4. Devise an action plan if there is a current problem and let the worry go by changing focus of attention
5. Let it go if it is a hypothetical situation and let it go by shifting focus
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