loading...| Preferred Name | generalized anxiety disorder | |
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Disorder where anxiety (worry, fear, apprehension, or unease) happens over otherwise common things or events, is difficult for the individual to control, is excessive, and lasts at least 6 months. Generalized Anxiety Disorder" Janet M. Torpy, MD; Alison E. Burke, MA; Robert M. Golub, MD. An anxiety disorder that is characterized by long-lasting anxiety that is not focused on any one object or situation. This disorder is characterized by persistent high levels of anxiety and excessive worry over many life circumstances, the disorder is chronic, and it produces social and functional impairment. Because the people with this disorder are unable to discover the “real” source of their fears, they remain anxious and occasionally experience even more acute attacks of anxiety. They appear to have lower threshold for uncertainty, which leads worrying; to have erroneous beliefs such as “worry is an effective way to deal with problems”. "Understanding abnormal behavior". David Sue, Derald Wing Sue, Stanley Sue. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_14320 |
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This disorder is characterized by persistent high levels of anxiety and excessive worry over many life circumstances, the disorder is chronic, and it produces social and functional impairment. Because the people with this disorder are unable to discover the “real” source of their fears, they remain anxious and occasionally experience even more acute attacks of anxiety. They appear to have lower threshold for uncertainty, which leads worrying; to have erroneous beliefs such as “worry is an effective way to deal with problems”. "Understanding abnormal behavior". David Sue, Derald Wing Sue, Stanley Sue. |
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| code DSM-IV-TR |
300.02 |
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| database_cross_reference |
SNOMEDCT_2010_1_31:191706008 UMLS_CUI:C0270549 SNOMEDCT_2010_1_31:21897009 SNOMEDCT_2010_1_31:192401002 ICD9CM:300.02 |
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| definition |
Disorder where anxiety (worry, fear, apprehension, or unease) happens over otherwise common things or events, is difficult for the individual to control, is excessive, and lasts at least 6 months. Generalized Anxiety Disorder" Janet M. Torpy, MD; Alison E. Burke, MA; Robert M. Golub, MD. An anxiety disorder that is characterized by long-lasting anxiety that is not focused on any one object or situation. |
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disease_ontology |
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| ICD-10 code |
F41.1 |
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DOID:14320 |
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generalized anxiety disorder |
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DOID:14320 |
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| prefixIRI |
DOID:14320 |
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| prefLabel |
generalized anxiety disorder |
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MFOMD_0000027 |
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