Is generalized anxiety disorder an anxiety or mood disorder? Considering multiple factors as we ponder the fate of GAD

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 289-299

  Mennin, Douglas S ^a   Heimberg, Richard G ^b   Fresco, David M ^c   Ritter, Michael R ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Diagnosis; DSM V; Emotion; Generalized anxiety disorder; Major depression

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MOOD DISORDER; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; ANXIETY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; MOOD DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 42949126593     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20493     Document Type: Conference Paper

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