Factors & Culture
This percentage of Asian Americans in the US experience Generalized Anxiety Disorder.
2.4%
This group of individuals are more likely to be diagnosed with GAD over another group of people.
Women over men
The common biological treatment for GAD.
Drug Therapy
This therapy deals with negative thinking patterns.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Aim: To determine the correlation of GAD with other co-morbidities
Aljurbua, Selaihem, Alomari & Abdualziz
This group of people in the United States experience Generalized Anxiety Disorder the most in the country.
White Americans
These are the two key neurotransmitters regarding Generalized Anxiety Disorder.
Serotonin and dopamine
A first line biological treatment of GAD.
SSRIs or SNRIs
Psychotherapies are often strengthened as the treatment is characterized by this.
Personalized, individualized, etc
Results: Paroxetines were deemed a safe and long-term biological treatment.
Stocchi et al. (2003)
Because of adverse life circumstances, some symptoms are considered as ___ .
Normal
Anxiety causes this part of the brain to reduce the individual's rationality.
Prefrontal cortex
Biological treatments are limited because they ignore this.
Social and cognitive factors.
This method allows patients to change their thinking behaviors.
Cognitive restructuring
Method: Correlational Study
Borkovec et al. (2004)
Treatment for GAD in Latino cultures are hard to come by because of this condition.
Poor health literacy
This sociocultural etiology deals with the unfair treatment of a person or group of people because of their characteristics.
Discrimination
Drug therapy is strengthened as it often decreases this.
Institutionalization
This term is used in reference when a therapist is more familiarized with one type of therapy.
Procedure: Patients received 12 one-hour sessions of CBT, AR, or they were waitlisted.
Dugas et al. (2010)
According to the DSM-IV & 5, this is one of the symptoms in diagnosing GAD.
Excessive anxiety/worry, fatigue/restlessness, or feelings of anxiety occurring more days than not over 6 months.
This can cause individuals to focus on negative information, as they are fearful of the consequences.
The interconnection between someone with Anxiety Sensitivity and attentional bias.
Benzodiazepines are considered as second line treatments because of these side effects.
Potential addiction and withdrawal
This is why learning the process of Applied Relaxation might be useful outside of the clinic.
Portable coping skill
Limitation: Lack of depth on cultures being studied
Hofmann & Hinton