"Excessive anxiety or worry" experienced most days over at least six month and which involve a plurality of concerns. · Inability ...GeneralizedanxietydisorderFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumptonavigationJumptosearchLong-lastinganxietynotfocusedonanyoneobjectorsituationGeneralizedanxietydisorderOthernamesGeneralisedanxietydisorderFacialexpressionofanxietySpecialtyPsychiatrySymptomsExcessiveworry,restlessness,troublesleeping,feelingtired,irritability,sweating,trembling[1]ComplicationsDepression,heartdisease,suicide[2]TreatmentBehavioraltherapy,medicationsFrequency3–5%(lifetimeprevalence)[3]Generalizedanxietydisorder(GAD)isananxietydisordercharacterizedbyexcessive,uncontrollableandoftenirrationalworryabouteventsoractivities.[4]Worryofteninterfereswithdailyfunctioning,andsufferersareoverlyconcernedabouteverydaymatterssuchashealth,finances,death,family,relationshipconcerns,orworkdifficulties.[5][6]Symptomsmayincludeexcessiveworry,restlessness,troublesleeping,exhaustion,irritability,sweating,andtrembling.[1]Symptomsmustbeconsistentandongoing,persistingatleastsixmonths,foraformaldiagnosisofGAD.[4][5]IndividualswithGADoftensufferfromotherdisordersincludingotherpsychiatricdisorders(e.g.,majordepressivedisorder),substanceusedisorder,obesity,andmayhaveahistoryoftraumaorfamilywithGAD.[7]CliniciansusescreeningtoolssuchastheGAD-7andGAD-2questionnairestodetermineifindividualsmayhaveGADandwarrantformalevaluationforthedisorder.Additionally,sometimesscreeningtoolsmayenableclinicianstoevaluatetheseverityofGADsymptoms.[8][9]GADisbelievedtohaveahereditaryorgeneticbasis(e.g.,first-degreerelativesofanindividualwhohasGADarethemselvesmorelikelytohaveGAD[10])buttheexactnatureofthisrelationshipisnotfullyappreciated.[7][11][12]Geneticstudiesofindividualswhohaveanxietydisorders(includingGAD)suggestthatthehereditarycontributiontodevelopinganxietydisordersisonlyapproximately30-40%,whichsuggeststhatenvironmentalfactorsmaybemoreimportanttodeterminingwhetheranindividualdevelopsGAD.[7][10]Thepat