ArticleJournal of anxiety disorders2018
The increase in interest in GAD: Commentary on Asmundson & Asmundson.
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- Protective Role of Regular Physical Activity on Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2026Article
- Evaluating the efficacy of psychological therapies for generalised anxiety disorder in children and adolescents: A systematic review and narrative synthesis.JCPP advances · 2026Article
- Current prevalence and determinants of generalized anxiety disorder from a nationally representative, population-based survey of India.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2023Article
- Worry and Positive Episodes in the Daily Lives of Individuals With Generalized Anxiety Disorder: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Probabilistic Learning by Positive and Negative Reinforcement in Generalized Anxiety Disorder.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2019Article
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is one of the most common anxiety disorders. It is associated with functional impairment and is unlikely to spontaneously remit. As identified by Asmundson and Asmundson (2018), published research studies on GAD have increased in number over the last decade. We propose that this is due to the high prevalence of the diagnosis and symptoms, interest in transdiagnostic processes, such as worry, increased interest in emotion dysregulation as a principle underlying diagnoses, and new methods of treating and disseminating treatment that may be particularly well suited to GAD. Despite the increase in research articles on GAD, GAD still remains one of the least studied anxiety disorders. We propose that this is due to the misconception that GAD does not lead to severe impairment, despite data showing otherwise. Future research should continue to examine the phenomenology, mechanisms, and treatment of GAD in order to better understand this common anxiety disorder.
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