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3875873

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-10-23
pubmed:abstractText
The diagnoses of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) according to DSM-III and according to revised criteria (requiring 6 months' duration and 6 symptoms) were determined by the use of the National Institute of Mental Health Diagnostic Interview Schedule in a probability sample of 357 women. The DSM-III GAD lifetime rate of 45% was reduced by a factor of five when the revised definition was applied. The reduction was due chiefly to the longer duration criterion. Requiring a higher number of symptoms did not raise the threshold for the diagnosis, since 74% of persons with a period of 1 month or more of generalized anxiety reported six symptoms. Although chronicity was associated with more pervasive symptomatology, the excess in symptoms appears to be due to the very high prevalence of major depression (73%) among the newly defined (i.e., chronic) GAD positives.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0165-1781
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
231-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-4-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
DSM-III generalized anxiety disorder: an empirical investigation of more stringent criteria.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.