GAD ASSESSMENT

Question 1

ADIS (Anxiety disorders interview schedule)

Answer 1

Semi-structured diagnostic clinical interview for anxiety disorders

Question 2

MINI (Mini international neuropsychiatric interview)

Answer 2

Assess most anxiety, mood, eating, substance use and psychotic disorders. Very specific close-ended questions. Administration time: 15-25 min

Question 3

PRIME-MD (Primary care evaluation of mental disorders)

Answer 3

Is a brief semi-structured interview specifically designed for primary care medical practitioners

Question 4

GADQ (Generalized anxiety disorder questionnaire)

Answer 4

symptoms of DSM5, frequency and intensity

Question 5

PSWQ (Penn State worry questionnaire)

Answer 5

16-items assessing excessiveness, severity of chronic worrry (not specific worry)

Question 6

WDQ (Worry domains questionnaire)

Answer 6

Measures the overall degree of worry, as well as specific areas: relationships, confidence, future, work, finance

Question 7

META-WORRY: The anxious thoughts inventory

Answer 7

22 items that measure worry about specific topics e.g., social, health, meta worry

Question 8

Reasons to worry questionnaire

Answer 8

Developed to examine if people with GAD and people without it had different perceptions regarding a topic

Question 9

VLQ (Valued living questionnaire)

Answer 9

how the client undertands their anxiety, focuses on the future instead of the present