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- Title
The effect of the draft DSM-5 criteria for GAD on prevalence and severity.
- Authors
Andrews, Gavin; Hobbs, Megan J
- Abstract
Options for revising the DSM-IV Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) diagnostic criteria have been made by the DSM-5 Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, Post-traumatic and Dissociative Disorders Work Group. It has been proposed that renaming the disorder Generalized Worry Disorder, clarifying criterion A to emphasize the primacy of worry, reducing the duration required, altering the list of associated symptoms to reflect the concomitants of worry that are specific to GAD, and adding behavioural criteria could clarify the concept of chronic worry for clinicians and enhance the reliability of the diagnosis. The influence of the proposed changes on the prevalence and severity of cases is examined.
- Publication
The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry, 2010, Vol 44, Issue 9, p784
- ISSN
1440-1614
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.3109/00048671003781798