Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

Abstract
Everyone experiences anxiety, whether it is caused by work, school, or personal life. The most common anxiety disorder that most people struggle having is called Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). GAD occurs when a person inappropriately worries extensively that causes great distress in an everyday life. This common disorder can affect a person's day-to-day routine, such as work or school and can result in a personal suffering in their life. Studies have proven multiple causes towards GAD and have also showed varieties of treatment to cure it. Unfortunately, this disorder has been more effective to the population that it meets the criteria for major depression. The purpose of this research is to indicate the principles of this disorder, …show more content…
Usually, this disorder is caused by either a family history, a family member who has experienced or is experiencing GAD, or if an individual has been constantly exposed to stressful situations. This disorder affects women more than men and these symptoms can last up to five to ten years. Prevalence rates are high in midlife, prevalence in females over the age of 35: 10% (Wittchen, 2002). 22% of primary care patients complain about their disorder and the high prevalence rate of GAD in primary care is 8% in the general population that consist of 12-month prevalence 1.9%-5.1% (Wittchen, 2002). GAD is rarely diagnosed because it is recognized and if it is diagnosed then it is not treated …show more content…
8 participants did not meet the criteria for this study because they experienced in major depression and the rest were no longer able to continue the program or also did not meet the criteria. The results concluded that 5 males and 6 females who completed the study. The study conducted that the mean age is 49 from the group of 11 participants that met the criteria of GAD. Benzodiazepines is one of the most founded medication used specifically for GAD. This drug can be abused more because of what is made of which is why psychologist warn patients who already suffer from drug addiction (Mahe and Balogh, 2000; in Martin et al., 2006). The use of benzodiazepines will relax the patient, but it also has a negative side effect that will increase accidents in general such as falling, or bumping into something (Neutel, 1995; Neutel et al., 1996; in Martin et al., 2006). The study Martin, Pardo, Furukawa, Martin-Sanchez, Seoane, and Galan was determining to find effectiveness of benzodiazepines by experimenting 23 trials, and of those only 4 trials met the criteria of DSM-IV GAD Martin et al., 2006). The study used 20-213 participants per trial ranging the age to 17-70. Since the trail would take 2-24 weeks, the most frequent ones lasted 4 weeks. Participants who had a history of drug abuse were automatically eliminated from the

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