The case for eliminating excessive worry as a requirement for generalized anxiety disorder: a cross-national investigation.
Ruscio AM, Rassaby M, Stein MB, Stein DJ, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Al-Hamzawi A, Alonso J, Atwoli L, Borges G, Bromet EJ, Bruffaerts R, Bunting B, Cardoso G, Chardoul S, de Girolamo G, de Jonge P, Gureje O, Haro JM, Karam EG, Karam A, Kiejna A, Kovess-Masfety V, Lee S, Navarro-Mateu F, Nishi D, Piazza M, Posada-Villa J, Sampson NA, Scott KM, Slade T, Stagnaro JC, Torres Y, Viana MC, Vladescu C, Zarkov Z, Kessler RC; World Mental Health Survey collaborators.
Ruscio AM, et al.
Psychol Med. 2024 Oct 4;54(12):1-12. doi: 10.1017/S003329172400182X. Online ahead of print.
Psychol Med. 2024.
PMID: 39364896
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BACKGROUND: Around the world, people living in objectively difficult circumstances who experience symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) do not qualify for a diagnosis because their worry is not 'excessive' relative to the context. We carried out the first large-sc …
BACKGROUND: Around the world, people living in objectively difficult circumstances who experience symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder ( …