Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Psychiatric Comorbidities Such as Depression, Bipolar Disorder, and Substance Abuse

2009 ◽  
Vol 70 (suppl 2) ◽  
pp. 10-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomi M. Simon
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Generalized Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Generalized Anxiety ◽  
Psychiatric Comorbidities

Reversal learning in youth with generalized anxiety disorder and bipolar disorder

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grace K. Cushman ◽  
Megan E. Puzia ◽  
Alexandra B. Weissman ◽  
Ezra Wegbreit ◽  
Kerri L. Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Generalized Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Reversal Learning ◽  
Generalized Anxiety

Quetiapine. A collection of useful information for the clinician

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-185
Author(s):  
Marcin Siwek
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Generalized Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Antipsychotic Drug ◽  
Medical Practice ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Use Cases ◽  
Generalized Anxiety ◽  
Recurrent Depression ◽  
Proven Efficacy

Quetiapine is an antipsychotic drug with proven efficacy in the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder as well as recurrent depression and generalized anxiety disorder. There is also evidence of the efficacy of quetiapine in other disorders dominated by affective and/or anxiety symptoms, for which treatment is not registered in Poland. The paper presents information useful in medical practice and presents descriptions of use cases.

Prevalence of psychiatric comorbidities in epilepsy

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S470-S470 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Charfi ◽  
S. Daoud ◽  
N. Farhat ◽  
M. Maâlej Bouali ◽  
L. Zouari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Generalized Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Generalized Anxiety ◽  
Type I ◽  
Seizure Onset ◽  
Brain Disorder ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Psychiatric Comorbidities ◽  
Axis I

IntroductionEpilepsy is a chronic disease defined as a brain disorder, characterized by a predisposition to present seizures, generating cognitive, psychological, and social consequences.ObjectiveTo determine the prevalence of psychiatric comorbid disorders in patients with epilepsy (PWEs) and its associated factors.MethodsWe conducted a cross-sectional study involving 30 PWEs who were treated in the neurology department of Habib Bourguiba Hospital in Sfax, Tunisia. We used the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview for the diagnosis of Axis I psychiatric disorders.ResultsThe half of patients had psychiatric comorbidities: 4 had major depressive disorder (MDD), 2 had MDD with generalized anxiety disorder, 4 had MDD with social phobia, 1 had bipolar disorder type I, 1 had panic disorder, 1 had agoraphobia and 2 had generalized anxiety disorder.Twenty-five PWEs had seizure-onset below 30 years old and among them, 40% had psychiatric comorbidities. Among patients who had seizure-onset above 30 years old, none had psychiatric comorbidities. Psychiatric comorbidities were found in 71.5% of patients with seizure frequency >2 per year. Psychiatric comorbidities were more common in patients with generalized seizures compared to whom with partial seizures (53% versus 45%). It was also more common in patients treated with polytherapy compared to whom with monotherapy (64% versus 37.5%).ConclusionThe prevalence of psychiatric comorbidities is relatively high among PWEs. The most frequent diagnoses found were mood and anxiety disorders. It is very important to identify them and treat them to enhance seizure control.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

The French Version of the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS) in a Nonclinical Sample

2015 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 119-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martine Bouvard ◽  
Anne Denis ◽  
Jean-Luc Roulin
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Generalized Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Child Anxiety ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Generalized Anxiety ◽  
French Version ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

This article investigates the psychometric properties of the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS). A group of 704 adolescents completed the questionnaires in their classrooms. This study examines potential confirmatory factor analysis factor models of the RCADS as well as the relationships between the RCADS and the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders-Revised (SCARED-R). A subsample of 595 adolescents also completed an anxiety questionnaire (Fear Survey Schedule for Children-Revised, FSSC-R) and a depression questionnaire (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale, CES-D). Confirmatory factor analysis of the RCADS suggests that the 6-factor model reasonably fits the data. All subscales were positively intercorrelated, with rs varying between .48 (generalized anxiety disorder-major depression disorder) and .65 (generalized anxiety disorder-social phobia/obsessive-compulsive disorder). The RCADS total score and all the RCADS scales were found to have good internal consistency (> .70). The correlations between the RCADS subscales and their SCARED-R counterparts are generally substantial. Convergent validity was found with the FSSC-R and the CES-D. The study included normal adolescents aged 10 to 19. Therefore, the findings cannot be extended to children under 10, nor to a clinical population. Altogether, the French version of the RCADS showed reasonable psychometric properties.

Psychometric Properties of the Spontaneous and Deliberate Mind Wandering Scales

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 878-890 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Marcusson-Clavertz ◽  
Oscar N. E. Kjell
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Generalized Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Cognitive Task ◽  
Experience Sampling ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mind Wandering ◽  
Generalized Anxiety ◽  
Psychological Variables

Abstract. Thinking about task-unrelated matters (mind wandering) is related to cognition and well-being. However, the relations between mind wandering and other psychological variables may depend on whether the former commence spontaneously or deliberately. The current two studies investigated the psychometric properties of the Spontaneous and Deliberate Mind Wandering Scales (SDMWS; Carriere, Seli, & Smilek, 2013 ). Study 1 evaluated the stability of the scales over 2 weeks ( N = 284 at Time 1), whereas Study 2 ( N = 323) evaluated their relations to Generalized anxiety disorder symptoms, Openness, Social desirability, and experience-sampling reports of intentional and unintentional mind wandering during an online cognitive task. The results indicated that the SDMWS were better fitted with a two-factor than a one-factor solution, although the fit was improved with the exclusion of one item. The scales exhibited strong measurement invariance across gender and time, and moderately high test-retest reliability. Spontaneous mind wandering predicted Generalized anxiety disorder and experience-sampling reports of unintentional mind wandering, whereas Deliberate mind wandering predicted Openness and experience-sampling reports of intentional mind wandering. Furthermore, Spontaneous mind wandering showed a negative association with social desirability of weak-to-medium strength. In sum, the scales generally showed favorable psychometric properties.

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