Characteristics of worry in GAD patients, social phobics, and controls.

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Title:	Characteristics of worry in GAD patients, social phobics, and controls.
Authors:	Hoyer, Jürgen, Becker, Eni S., Roth, Walton T., Hoyer, J (AUTHOR), Becker, E S (AUTHOR), Roth, W T (AUTHOR)
Source:	Depression & Anxiety (1091-4269). 2001, Vol. 13 Issue 2, p89-96. 8p. 9 Charts.
Subjects:	Anxiety, Neuroses, Worry, Social phobia, Psychological stress, Phobias, Somatoform disorders, Questionnaires, Severity of illness index, Retrospective studies, Anxiety disorders, Psychological tests, Psychosocial factors
Abstract:	Phenomenological features of worry such as thought content, subjective experience of worry, and efforts to control were investigated in the present interview study, as well as retrospective information about possible origins. To examine the clinical specificity of worrying in Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), 36 GAD patients were compared to a normal control group (N = 30) and to a clinical control group (N = 22 social phobics). GAD patients differed from both groups in having higher frequency of worry, higher number of different worry topics, lower subjective controllability, more accompanying bodily symptoms, and more distress during worry. Thus, in general, our data confirm the central and specific role of worrying in GAD. Furthermore, in contrast to other topics, worrying about daily hassles was specific to GAD patients, which represents a lower threshold for starting to worry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:	Phenomenological features of worry such as thought content, subjective experience of worry, and efforts to control were investigated in the present interview study, as well as retrospective information about possible origins. To examine the clinical specificity of worrying in Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), 36 GAD patients were compared to a normal control group (N = 30) and to a clinical control group (N = 22 social phobics). GAD patients differed from both groups in having higher frequency of worry, higher number of different worry topics, lower subjective controllability, more accompanying bodily symptoms, and more distress during worry. Thus, in general, our data confirm the central and specific role of worrying in GAD. Furthermore, in contrast to other topics, worrying about daily hassles was specific to GAD patients, which represents a lower threshold for starting to worry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:	10914269
DOI:	10.1002/da.1021