Generalized Anxiety Disorder Paper

Amy is suffering from Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). As it says in the case study that she is restless, irritable and has difficulty concentrating all of these signs supports the symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder described in Oltmanns and Emery(2014) p. 150. With Generalized Anxiety Disorder the patient finds difficult to control their worries which can also lead to significant distress or impairment in work-related or social functioning. Therefore Amy can’t stop worrying is a primary symptom of Generalized anxiety disorder. She is not able to focus on anything else and she can’t resist if her husband and children don’t call her regularly to reassure her that they are okay which is making her worry more. I don’t think it could
be any other anxiety disorder because 3 of 6 symptoms of GAD matches with Amy’s symptoms. If we would able to know how long it has been that Amy is worrying then we could make a possible diagnose because in Oltmanns and Emery(2014) p. 150 it says that with generalized anxiety disorder the worry must occur more days than not for the period of at least six months.