{"id":2330,"date":"2016-01-04T14:52:54","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T14:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/psygad\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T20:24:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:24:29","slug":"psygad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/psygad\/","title":{"rendered":"Criteria for the Diagnosis of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (DSM-V)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"99c380e4b4a7b96c35d7ddf7dcb434e8\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- MC 2019- Horizontal -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0127150553352455\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3806776041\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Generalized anxiety disorder is characterized by persistent anxiety and uncontrollable worry that occurs\u00a0consistently for at least 6 months.\u00a0This disorder is commonly associated with depression, alcohol and substance abuse, physical health\u00a0problems, or all these factors.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><b>Criteria for the Diagnosis of Generalized Anxiety Disorder<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Excessive anxiety and worry about various events have occurred more days\u00a0than not for at least 6 months.<\/li>\n<li>The person finds it difficult to control the worry.<\/li>\n<li>The anxiety and worry are associated with at least three of the following six\u00a0symptoms (only one symptom is required in children): restlessness or a\u00a0feeling of being keyed up or \u201con edge\u201d, being easily fatigued, having difficulty\u00a0concentrating, irritability, muscle tension, and sleep disturbance.<\/li>\n<li>The anxiety, worry, or associated physical symptoms cause clinically significant\u00a0distress or impairment in important areas of functioning.<\/li>\n<li>The disturbance is not due to the physiological effects of a substance or medical\u00a0condition.<\/li>\n<li>The disturbance is not better accounted for by another mental disorder.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All the features listed must be present in order to make a diagnosis of generalized\u00a0anxiety disorder.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>References:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Stein MB, Sareen J. CLINICAL PRACTICE. Generalized Anxiety Disorder. N Engl J Med. 2015 Nov 19;373(21):2059-68.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/26580998\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Medline]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Combs H, Markman J. Anxiety disorders in primary care.\u00a0Med Clin North Am. 2014 Sep;98(5):1007-23.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/25134870\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Medline]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 5th ed. Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Association, 2013.<\/li>\n<li>Mishra AK, Varma AR. A Comprehensive Review of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Cureus. 2023 Sep 28;15(9):e46115. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/37900518\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[Medline]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Created Jan 04, 2016.<br \/>\nUp-date Mar 12. 2026.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, this entry is only available in Espa\u00f1ol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[455,454,16,15,123,13,85,725,724,723,722,83],"class_list":["post-2330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-psychiatry","tag-ansiedad","tag-anxiety","tag-criteria","tag-criterios","tag-diagnosis","tag-diagnostico","tag-disorder","tag-generalizada","tag-generalizado","tag-generalized","tag-tag","tag-trastorno"],"modified_by":"Guillermo Firman","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2330"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10707,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330\/revisions\/10707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}