Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Excessive, hard-to-control worry about multiple everyday domains (work, health, finances, relationships), present more days than not for at least six months, accompanied by physical tension symptoms.
Anxiety Disorders
Conditions sharing features of excessive fear and anxiety and related behavioral disturbances.
Disorders in this family
Panic Disorder
Recurrent, unexpected panic attacks -- abrupt surges of intense fear peaking within minutes -- followed by at least a month of persistent concern about additional attacks or significant related behavior change.
Case Lab vignettes
The Sudden Surge
Distinguish Panic Disorder from generalized worry and from a medical cause of similar physical symptoms.