Generalized Anxiety Disorder Flashcards
Generalized Anxiety Diagnosis Checklist
- 6 months or more disproportionate uncontrollable and ongoing anxiety about multiple matters
- Symptoms include at least three:edginess, fatigue, poor concentration, irritability, muscle tension, sleep problems
- Significant distress or impairment
Prevalence in US
4% US population in any given year
6% develop during their life
Do women or men get dx more
Women 2-1
Sociocultural Theorist explanation
Most likely developed in people faced with ongoing societal conditions that are dangerous
Are African Americans more likely to have GAD
Yes, 30% more likely than white Americans
Psychodynamic explanation
Traced to inadequacies in early childhood between child and parents
Psychodynamic treatment
Free association
Are psychodynamic treatments effective
Controlled studies show only modest help to persons with GAD, exception to short term psychodynamic therapy which has greatly reduced anxiety short term
Humanistic view of GAD
Arises when people stop looking at themselves honestly and acceptingly
Humanistic Therapy
Client centered therapy or person centered therapy:try to show positive regard to client and emphasize with them. Therapists hope atmosphere of acceptance will allow client to be honest of their true needs.
Is humanistic therapy helpful
Case studies are positive but controlled studies fail to show effectiveness although it is shown to be better than nothing and slightly better than the placebo
Cognitive view of GAD
Caused by basic irrational assumptions.
New wave: meta cognitive theory, hold both positive and negative views of anxiety… intolerance of the unknown theory…avoidance theory
Cognitive therapy
1.therapists help change maladaptive view
2 new wave helps clients to understand how worrying plays into the disorder and to change views on worry
Meta cognitive theory, developed by ________, suggests that people with generalized anxiety disorder implicitly hold both positive and negative beliefs about worrying
Adrian wells
