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Abstract
Uncontrolled anxiety or excessive worry that exceeds the realistic scope of life situations and endures for at least a month or longer.
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19 entry terms
- General Anxiety Disorder
- Generalized Anxiety
- Anxieties, Generalized
- Anxiety Disorder, General
- Anxiety Disorder, Generalized
- Anxiety Disorders, General
- Anxiety Disorders, Generalized
- Anxiety, Generalized
- Disorder, General Anxiety
- Disorder, Generalized Anxiety
- Disorders, General Anxiety
- Disorders, Generalized Anxiety
- General Anxiety Disorders
- Generalized Anxieties
- Generalized Anxiety Disorders
- Overanxious Disorder
- Disorder, Overanxious
- Disorders, Overanxious
- Overanxious Disorders
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2025
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000098647. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000098647
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized_anxiety_disorder
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q845224