Typically these are related to the stress and anxiety. ... The Doctor may be alerted to the possibility of GAD when the patient has a wide range of symptoms and tests for other illnesses come back negative. ... The psychologist may then use an anxiety questionnaire such as the Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ), Meta-Cognitions Questionnaire (MCQ), Anxious Thoughts Inventory (ATI) or the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS) to determine if the level of anxiety is sufficient for GAD (Hunt & Singh, 1991). ...

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COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY FOR DEPRESSION Introduction Cognitive behavioral therapy helps improve people's moods and behavior by changing their way thinking; also, how they interpret events and talk to themselves. This form of psychotherapy helps guide people into thinking more realistically and t...

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