{"id":457,"date":"2012-07-06T10:13:58","date_gmt":"2012-07-06T14:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/?page_id=457"},"modified":"2021-05-01T12:47:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T16:47:17","slug":"generalized-anxiety-disorder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/adult-treatment-at-card\/conditions-we-treat-adults\/generalized-anxiety-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"Generalized Anxiety Disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nimh.nih.gov\/health\/publications\/espanol\/trastorno-de-ansiedad-generalizada-cuando-no-se-pueden-controlar-las-preocupaciones-new\/index.shtml\">Trastorno de ansiedad generalizada en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p>People with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) display excessive anxiety or worry, most days for at least 6 months, about a number of things such as personal health, work, social interactions, and everyday routine life circumstances. The fear and anxiety can cause significant problems in areas of their life, such as social interactions, school, and work.<\/p>\n<p>Generalized anxiety disorder symptoms include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Feeling restless, wound-up, or on-edge<\/li>\n<li>Being easily fatigued<\/li>\n<li>Having difficulty concentrating; mind going blank<\/li>\n<li>Being irritable<\/li>\n<li>Having muscle tension<\/li>\n<li>Difficulty controlling feelings of worry<\/li>\n<li>Having sleep problems, such as difficulty falling or staying asleep, restlessness, or unsatisfying sleep<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Ready to get started?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/contact-us\/\">Contact us<\/a> if you have questions or if you are ready to get started.<\/li>\n<li>You may be eligible for free treatment as a part of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/research\/\">current research opportunities<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>References<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1176\/appi.books.9780890425596<\/p>\n<p>National Institute of Mental Health. (2021). Mental Health Information:\u00a0 Brochures and Fact Sheets. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nimh.nih.gov\/health\/publications\/index.shtml\">https:\/\/www.nimh.nih.gov\/health\/publications\/index.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trastorno de ansiedad generalizada en espa\u00f1ol People with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) display excessive anxiety or worry, most days for at least 6 months, about a number of things such as personal health, work, social interactions, and everyday routine life circumstances. The fear and anxiety can cause significant problems in areas of their life, such [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6140,"featured_media":0,"parent":444,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/457"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2560,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/457\/revisions\/2560"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/card\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}