What are the key clinical symptoms of generalized anxiety ...

[kodithompson]

What are the key clinical symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder? Provide a symptom in four out of these six categories: perception, cognition, effect, arousal, behavior, and interpersonal adjustment.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Evidence supporting the biological perspective on patients with illness anxiety disorder includes research showing they ____.
 
  a. are more sensitive than others to bodily sensations
  b. have neurotransmitter imbalances
  c. have lower arousal levels than others
  d. have lower heartbeats than others when stressed

[yeungji]

Answer to Question 1

 Any reasonable examples that reflects an understanding of these categories:
o Perception  whole environment is seen as threatening
o Cognition  catastrophizes about minor events
o Affect  ongoing moderately high level of fear (free-floating anxiety)
o Arousal  continual hyperarousal, difficulty sleeping
o Behavior  avoids social activities
o Interpersonal adjustment  poor peer relationships and academic performance

Answer to Question 2

A

[kodithompson]

Thank you!

[yeungji]

Happy to help